Megascolides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Lumbricina
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Megascolides
McCoy, 1878[1]
Species

About 40, see species

Megascolides is a genus of earthworms in the family Megascolecidae.[2]

Species

There are about 40 species:[2]

  • Megascolides albus Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides attenuatus Spencer, 1892
  • Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878 โ€“ giant Gippsland earthworm
  • Megascolides cataractus Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides catenastagnis Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides croesus Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides diaphanus Spencer, 1900
  • Megascolides eucalypti Spencer, 1900
  • Megascolides fontis Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides fuscus Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides improbus Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides intestinalis Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides irregularis Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides jotaylorae Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides laffani Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides manni
  • Megascolides multituberculata Jamieson, 1972
  • Megascolides neglectus Cognetti de Martiis, 1909
  • Megascolides oppidanus Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides parvus Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides punctatus Spencer, 1900
  • Megascolides raglani Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides reptans (Ude, 1905)
  • Megascolides ruber Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides rubicundus Lee, 1959
  • Megascolides salmo Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides sanctorum Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides simsoni Keable, 1895
  • Megascolides sinuosus Spencer, 1892
  • Megascolides steeli Spencer, 1900
  • Megascolides tasmani Lee, 1959
  • Megascolides tener Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides tisdalli Spencer, 1900
  • Megascolides tortuosus Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides umbonis Blakemore, 2000
  • Megascolides unipapillatus (Ude, 1905)
  • Megascolides victoriensis Spencer, 1892
  • Megascolides viridis Lee, 1952
  • Megascolides volvens Spencer, 1900
  • Megascolides xanthus Blakemore, 2000

References

  1. โ†‘ "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 Megascolides. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.

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