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Megascolex  Templeton, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 974514

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pleurochaeta Beddard, 1883
  
  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
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SuperorderMetagynophora   
                      OrderOpisthopora   
                         SuborderCrassiclitellata   
                            SuperfamilyMegascolecoidea   
                               FamilyMegascolecidae   
                                  GenusMegascolex Templeton, 1844  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Megascolex acanthodriloides Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex adami Michaelsen, 1910  
                                     Species Megascolex albanyensis Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex andersoni Spencer, 1902  
                                     Species Megascolex animae Lee, 1959  
                                     Species Megascolex annandalei Stephenson, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex antarcticus Baird, 1873  
                                     Species Megascolex armatus Horst, 1893  
                                     Species Megascolex auriculata Aiyer, 1929  
                                     Species Megascolex australis (Fletcher, 1886)  
                                     Species Megascolex austrinus (Fletcher, 1886)  
                                     Species Megascolex avicula Aiyer, 1929  
                                     Species Megascolex bifoveatus Stephenson, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex bistichus Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex branchycyla (Schmarda, 1861)  
                                     Species Megascolex caeruleus Templeton, 1844  
                                     Species Megascolex campester Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex celmisiae Jamieson, 1973  
                                     Species Megascolex ceylonica (Beddard, 1886)  
                                     Species Megascolex cingulatus Beddard, 1892  
                                     Species Megascolex cochinensis Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex coeruleus Bourne, 1891  
                                     Species Megascolex colliensis Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex collinus Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex curgensis Michaelsen, 1926  
                                     Species Megascolex curtus Stephenson, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex escherichi Michaelsen, 1910  
                                     Species Megascolex eunephrus Cognetti, 1911  
                                     Species Megascolex exiguus (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex fardyi Spencer, 1902  
                                     Species Megascolex fecundus (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex fielderi (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex filiciseta Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex fletcheri Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex frenchii (Spencer, 1892)  
                                     Species Megascolex frosti (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex funis Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex fuscus Michaelsen, 1918  
                                     Species Megascolex galei Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex goonmurk (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex hallii (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex hamiltoni (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex harveyensis Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex hendersoni Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex heterochaetus Michaelsen, 1918  
                                     Species Megascolex hoggi (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex horai Stephenson, 1922  
                                     Species Megascolex hortonensis Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex hulikalensis (Bourne, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex illidgei Spencer, 1900  
                                     Species Megascolex imparicystis Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex imperatrix Bourne, 1894  
                                     Species Megascolex indissimilis (Fletcher, 1889)  
                                     Species Megascolex inermis Stephenson, 1933  
                                     Species Megascolex insignis Michaelsen, 1910  
                                     Species Megascolex jenolanensis Boardman, 1943  
                                     Species Megascolex kavalaianus Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex kempi Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex konkanensis Fedarb, 1898  
                                     Species Megascolex kumiliensis Aiyer, 1929  
                                     Species Megascolex laingii Benham, 1903  
                                     Species Megascolex larpentensis Spencer, 1902  
                                     Species Megascolex leucocyla (Schmarda, 1861)  
                                     Species Megascolex lobulatus Spencer, 1902  
                                     Species Megascolex longicystis Nicholls & Jackson, 1927  
                                     Species Megascolex longiseta Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex lorenzi Rosa, 1894  
                                     Species Megascolex macleayi (Fletcher, 1889)  
                                     Species Megascolex macquariensis (Fletcher, 1890)  
                                     Species Megascolex mediaeviae Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex minor Spencer, 1900  
                                     Species Megascolex mjoebergi Michaelsen, 1917  
                                     Species Megascolex monostichus Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex montanus Spencer, 1900  
                                     Species Megascolex monticola (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex monticolus (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex mortenseni Michaelsen, 1924  
                                     Species Megascolex moseleyi (Beddard, 1883)  
                                     Species Megascolex multispinus Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex newcombi (Beddard, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex novaecaledoniae Michaelsen, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex novaezelandiae Lee, 1952  
                                     Species Megascolex nureliyensis Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex parvus Michaelsen, 1918  
                                     Species Megascolex pattipolensis Stephenson, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex peermadensis Aiyer, 1929  
                                     Species Megascolex pentagonalis Stephenson, 1916  
                                     Species Megascolex peranellus Gates, 1945  
                                     Species Megascolex pharetratus Rosa, 1894  
                                     Species Megascolex phaseolus Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex pheretima Michaelsen, 1926  
                                     Species Megascolex polytheca Stephenson, 1915  
                                     Species Megascolex porphyrozonus Stephenson, 1924  
                                     Species Megascolex pritchardi Spencer, 1902  
                                     Species Megascolex pumilio Stephenson, 1916  
                                     Species Megascolex purpurascens Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex quintus Stephenson, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex ratus Cognetti, 1911  
                                     Species Megascolex raymondianus (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex robustus Vaillant, 1889  
                                     Species Megascolex rodwayi Stephenson, 1931  
                                     Species Megascolex ruber (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex sarasinorum Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex schmardae Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex sextus Stephenson, 1913  
                                     Species Megascolex simplex Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex singhalensis Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex spectabilis Michaelsen, 1910  
                                     Species Megascolex steelii (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex sylvaticus (Spencer, 1893)  
                                     Species Megascolex sylvicola Stephenson, 1924  
                                     Species Megascolex templetonianus Rosa, 1892  
                                     Species Megascolex tenax Fletcher, 1886  
                                     Species Megascolex torbayensis Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Megascolex travancorensis Michaelsen, 1910  
                                     Species Megascolex triangularis Stephenson, 1925  
                                     Species Megascolex tripartitus Stephenson, 1925  
                                     Species Megascolex trivandranus Stephenson, 1916  
                                     Species Megascolex varians Michaelsen, 1897  
                                     Species Megascolex viridis (Schmarda, 1861)  
                                     Species Megascolex wiburdi Boardman, 1943  
                                     Species Megascolex willey Michaelsen, 1909  
                                     Species Megascolex wilsonianus (Fletcher, 1887)  
                                     Species Megascolex zygochaetus Michaelsen, 1897  
       

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

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