Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Classis: Clitellata
Subclassis: Oligochaeta
Ordo: Haplotaxida
Subordo: Lumbricina
Familia: Megascolecidae
Genus: Megascolides
Species (13): M. albus – M. australis – M. fuscus – M. irregularis – M. neglectus – M. orthostichon – M. parvus – M. raglani – M. reptans – M. ruber – M. rubicundus – M. unipapillatus – M. viridis – ...
Unaccepted species (1): M. tasmani
Name
Megascolides McCoy, 1878
References
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NomenclatorMegascolides 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 – 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
"Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
Megascolides. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
Further reading
Giant Gippsland earthworm at the Museum Victoria website
Rossiter, RJ; Gaffney, TJ; Rosenberg, H; Ennor, AH (1960). "The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (Megascolides cameroni)". The Biochemical Journal. 76 (3): 603–10. doi:10.1042/bj0760603. PMC 1204840. PMID 13743749. Zoologicus
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