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Megascolides McCoy, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 974515

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2012

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Spiralia
	Phylum	Annelida – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga
	Class	Clitellata
	Superorder	Metagynophora
	Order	Opisthopora
	Suborder	Crassiclitellata
	Superfamily	Megascolecoidea
	Family	Megascolecidae
	Genus	Megascolides McCoy, 1878
		Direct Children:
	Species	Megascolides albus Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides antrophyes Stephenson, 1924
	Species	Megascolides attenuatus Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878
	Species	Megascolides bagomaraglensis Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides cameroni Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides cataractus Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides catenastagnis Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides croesus Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides diaphanus Spencer, 1902
	Species	Megascolides eucalypti Spencer, 1902
	Species	Megascolides fontis Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides fuscus Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides halyi Michaelsen, 1899
	Species	Megascolides hastatus Stephenson, 1915
	Species	Megascolides hulmei Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides illawarrae (Fletcher, 1889)
	Species	Megascolides improbus Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides incertus Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides insignis Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides intestinalis Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides irregularis Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides jotaylorae Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides laffani Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides maestus Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides manni Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides mawarrae Benham, 1890
	Species	Megascolides napierensis Benham, 1941
	Species	Megascolides neglectus Cognetti, 1909
	Species	Megascolides nokanenaensis Michaelsen, 1907
	Species	Megascolides obscurus Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides oneilli (Stephenson, 1914)
	Species	Megascolides oppidanus Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides orthostichon (Schmarda, 1861)
	Species	Megascolides parvus Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides punctatus Spencer, 1900
	Species	Megascolides pygmaeus Fletcher, 1889
	Species	Megascolides raglani Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides roseus Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides ruber Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides rubicundus Lee, 1959
	Species	Megascolides salmo Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides sanctorum Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides singhalensis Michaelsen, 1897
	Species	Megascolides sinuosus Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides steeli Spencer, 1900
	Species	Megascolides tasmani Lee, 1959
	Species	Megascolides tener Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides tisdalli (Spencer, 1902)
	Species	Megascolides tortuosus Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides umbonis Blakemore, 2000
	Species	Megascolides victoriensis Spencer, 1892
	Species	Megascolides viridis Lee, 1952
	Species	Megascolides volvens Spencer, 1900
	Species	Megascolides warragulensis Spencer, 1902
	Species	Megascolides xanthus Blakemore, 2000

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Samuel W. James
	Notes:	null
	Reference for:	Megascolides

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Blakemore database, 2011 - 2012, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Blakemore, R.J. Cosmopolitan, Earthworms - an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World, second ed. (CD-ROM) VermEcology, Japan, 2006
	Reference for:	Megascolides

	Source:	Earthworm species, a searchable database, database (version 2012)
	Acquired:	2012
	Notes:	Csuzdi, Cs. (2012) Earthworm species, a searchable database, derived from Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 43(1): 97-99. Available online at http://earthworm.uw.hu/
	Reference for:	Megascolides

	Source:	Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog, 2011 - 2012, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Biology Catalog, taxonomic information system at Texas A&M University, available at http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Annelida/Family/0AnnelidaIndex0.htm
	Reference for:	Megascolides

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Reynolds, J. W., and D. G. Cook
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Nomenclatura oligochaetologica. Supplementum tertium. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	New Brunswick Museum Monographic Series (Natural Science), no. 9
	Page(s):	vi + 33
	Publisher:	University of New Brunswick
	Publication Place:	Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Megascolides

Geographic Information


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Comments


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