Metapheretima

Metapheretima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Crassiclitellata
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Metapheretima
Michaelsen, 1928

Metapheretima is a genus of annelid earthworms belonging to the family Megascolecidae, erected by Wilhelm Michaelsen in 1928.[1] Species have been recorded mostly from Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands.[2]

This genus is similar to Pheretima and other "Pheretimoid" genera (also including Amynthas, Archipheretima, Duplodicodrilus, Metaphire, Pithemera and Polypheretima). They form an important ecological and taxonomic group in the Oriental region.[3][4]

Species

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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  1. Metapheretima agathis K.Lee, 1981
  2. Metapheretima andurili Easton, 1979
  3. Metapheretima apunae K.Lee, 1981
  4. Metapheretima arensi Ude, 1932
  5. Metapheretima buckerfieldi K.Lee, 1981
  6. Metapheretima deidrae Easton, 1979
  7. Metapheretima deirdrae Easton, 1979
  8. Metapheretima doni Easton, 1979
  9. Metapheretima dorii Easton, 1979
  10. Metapheretima durendali Easton, 1979
  11. Metapheretima elberti Ude, 1932
  12. Metapheretima elrondi Easton, 1979
  13. Metapheretima erromangae K.Lee, 1981
  14. Metapheretima excalaberi Easton, 1979
  15. Metapheretima glamdringi Easton, 1979
  16. Metapheretima kellneri Ude, 1932
  17. Metapheretima kilii Easton, 1979
  18. Metapheretima lindiae Easton, 1979
  19. Metapheretima noebiana Michaelsen, 1934
  20. Metapheretima orcrista Easton, 1979
  21. Metapheretima pallens Ude, 1924
  22. Metapheretima quinqueremis Easton, 1979
  23. Metapheretima septocta Easton, 1979
  24. Metapheretima sergei Easton, 1984
  25. Metapheretima simsi Easton, 1979
  26. Metapheretima sola Easton, 1979
  27. Metapheretima stingi Easton, 1979
  28. Metapheretima sucklingensis Easton, 1979
  29. Metapheretima swelaensis Ude, 1932
  30. Metapheretima tavvarinensis (Cognetti, 1911)
  31. Metapheretima tiencanhensis (Pham, 1995)
  32. Metapheretima triciae Easton, 1979
  33. Metapheretima vietnamensis (Thai, 1984)
  34. Metapheretima wetzeli Ude, 1932

References

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  1. ^ Michaelsen W (1928) Arkiv för Zoologi, 20, A3.
  2. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934 (retrieved 20 June 2024)
  3. ^ "Checklist of pheretimoid taxa" (PDF). YNU. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  4. ^ Tung T Nguyen, Binh TT Tran, Duc Anh Nguyen (2014) Earthworms of the 'acaecate' Pheretima group in Vietnam (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae), with description of a new species from the Mekong delta. Zootaxa 3866 [1]: 105–121.
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