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Metaphire  Sims & Easton, 1972
Taxonomic Serial No.: 974518

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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   
                                  GenusMetaphire Sims & Easton, 1972  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Metaphire abdita (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire acincta (Goto & Hatai, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire aggera (Kobayashi, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire amplectens (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire andamanensis (Michaelsen, 1907)  
                                     Species Metaphire anomala (Michaelsen, 1907)  
                                     Species Metaphire arcuata (Gates, 1937)  
                                     Species Metaphire arrobustoides (Thai, 1984)  
                                     Species Metaphire atrofusca (Michaelsen, 1928)  
                                     Species Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945)  
                                     Species Metaphire baii (Blakemore, 2016)  
                                     Species Metaphire baliemensis (Gates, 1948)  
                                     Species Metaphire baruana (Stephenson, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire berhalana (Stephenson, 1930)  
                                     Species Metaphire bianensis (Stephenson, 1913)  
                                     Species Metaphire bifoliolare Tan & Zhong, 1987  
                                     Species Metaphire biforatum Tan & Zhong, 1987  
                                     Species Metaphire bindjeyensis (Michaelsen, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire bipapillata (Chen, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire bipora (Beddard, 1900)  
                                     Species Metaphire birmanica (Rosa, 1888)  
                                     Species Metaphire bitheca (Kobayashi, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire brevipenis Qiu, 1988  
                                     Species Metaphire brinchangensis (Stephenson, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire bryoni (Michaelsen & Boldt, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire bucculenta (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire bununa Tsai, Tsai & Liaw, 2000  
                                     Species Metaphire caducichaeta (Benham, 1895)  
                                     Species Metaphire californica (Kinberg, 1867)  
                                     Species Metaphire catbaensis (Thai & Le, 1993)  
                                     Species Metaphire chaubinhensis (Do & Tran, 1994)  
                                     Species Metaphire conhanungensis (Thai, 1984)  
                                     Species Metaphire coniporophorata (Thai & Samphon, 1989)  
                                     Species Metaphire cruroides (Chen & Hsu, 1975)  
                                     Species Metaphire dacnomontis (Thai & Huynh, 1992)  
                                     Species Metaphire dadingmontis Zhang, Li, Fu & Qiu, 2006  
                                     Species Metaphire dalatana (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire dawydovi (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire decipiens (Beddard, 1912)  
                                     Species Metaphire densipapillata (Michaelsen, 1896)  
                                     Species Metaphire dipapillata (Thai & Tran, 1986)  
                                     Species Metaphire ditheca (Michaelsen, 1928)  
                                     Species Metaphire dorsalis (Michaelsen, 1928)  
                                     Species Metaphire dorsobitheca (Thai & Huynh, 1992)  
                                     Species Metaphire dorsomultitheca (Nguyen & Nguyen, 2015)  
                                     Species Metaphire duliti (Ude, 1925)  
                                     Species Metaphire dunckeri (Michaelsen, 1903)  
                                     Species Metaphire easupana (Thai & Huynh, 1993)  
                                     Species Metaphire erici (Ude, 1925)  
                                     Species Metaphire exilis (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire exiloides (Chen, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire extraopapillae Wang & Qiu, 2005  
                                     Species Metaphire falcata (Horst, 1893)  
                                     Species Metaphire fangi (Chen, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire fasciata (Rosa, 1892)  
                                     Species Metaphire feijani Chang & Chen , 2004  
                                     Species Metaphire ferdinandi (Michaelsen, 1891)  
                                     Species Metaphire ferion (Cognetti, 1913)  
                                     Species Metaphire feuerborni (Michaelsen, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire flavarundoida (Chen, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire flavellana (Gates, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire floresiana (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire fluvialoides (Huynh, 1998)  
                                     Species Metaphire fordi (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire formosae (Michaelsen, 1922)  
                                     Species Metaphire fovella (Gates, 1949)  
                                     Species Metaphire gastromonotheca (Do & Tran, 1995)  
                                     Species Metaphire gjellerupi (Cognetti, 1914)  
                                     Species Metaphire glandularis (Goto & Hatai, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire grahami (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire guarina (Rosa, 1894)  
                                     Species Metaphire guillelmi (Michaelsen, 1895)  
                                     Species Metaphire guizouensis Qiu, Hong & Wei, 1991  
                                     Species Metaphire harrietensis (Stephenson, 1925)  
                                     Species Metaphire hataii (Ohfuchi, 1937)  
                                     Species Metaphire hilgendorfi (Michaelsen, 1892)  
                                     Species Metaphire honbaensis (Gates, 1941)  
                                     Species Metaphire houlleti (Perrier, 1872)  
                                     Species Metaphire huangi (James, Shih & Chang, 2005)  
                                     Species Metaphire hunanensis Tan & Zhong, 1986  
                                     Species Metaphire ichangensis (Fang, 1933)  
                                     Species Metaphire ignobilis (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire impudens (Michaelsen, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire inclara (Gates, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire indigo (Ohfuchi, 1951)  
                                     Species Metaphire insignis (Michaelsen, 1921)  
                                     Species Metaphire insolita (Gates, 1925)  
                                     Species Metaphire insulana (Gates, 1930)  
                                     Species Metaphire isselii (Cognetti, 1908)  
                                     Species Metaphire javanica (Kinberg, 1867)  
                                     Species Metaphire keishuensis (Kobayashi, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire kengtungensis (Gates, 1931)  
                                     Species Metaphire khoii (Do & Tran, 1994)  
                                     Species Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015  
                                     Species Metaphire kockensis (Michaelsen, 1930)  
                                     Species Metaphire koryoensis (Kobayashi, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire ladjangensis (Ude, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire langbiangi (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire leonoris (Chen, 1946)  
                                     Species Metaphire levis (Goto & Hatai, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire longa (Michaelsen, 1892)  
                                     Species Metaphire longipenis (Chen, 1946)  
                                     Species Metaphire lorella (Gates, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire loti (Chen & Hsu, 1975)  
                                     Species Metaphire magna (Chen, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire malayana (Beddard, 1900)  
                                     Species Metaphire mamillana (Gates, 1931)  
                                     Species Metaphire mangophila (Nguyen, 2011)  
                                     Species Metaphire mangophiloides Nguyen & Le, 2015  
                                     Species Metaphire mendosa (Gates, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire merabahensis (Beddard & Fedarb, 1895)  
                                     Species Metaphire michaelseni (Ude, 1925)  
                                     Species Metaphire mochauana (Do & Huynh, 1991)  
                                     Species Metaphire multitheca (Chen, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire munglongmontis (Thai & Tran, 1986)  
                                     Species Metaphire musiana (Michaelsen, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire musica (Horst, 1883)  
                                     Species Metaphire myriosetosa (Chen & Zhifang, 1977)  
                                     Species Metaphire nanaoensis Chang & Chen , 2005  
                                     Species Metaphire nanlingmontis Zhang, Li, Fu & Qiu, 2006  
                                     Species Metaphire neoexilis (Thai & Samphon, 1988)  
                                     Species Metaphire nhani (Huynh & Nguyen, 2005)  
                                     Species Metaphire notizusa (Michaelsen, 1928)  
                                     Species Metaphire paeta (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire paiwanna Tsai, Tsai & Liaw, 2000  
                                     Species Metaphire pajana (Michaelsen, 1928)  
                                     Species Metaphire paka Blakemore, 2007  
                                     Species Metaphire parvula (Ohfuchi, 1956)  
                                     Species Metaphire pedunculata (Chen & Zhifang, 1977)  
                                     Species Metaphire peguana (Rosa, 1890)  
                                     Species Metaphire perelae (Thai, 1982)  
                                     Species Metaphire perichaeta (Beddard, 1900)  
                                     Species Metaphire phaluongana (Do & Huynh, 1992)  
                                     Species Metaphire planata (Gates, 1926)  
                                     Species Metaphire plesiopora (Qiu, 1988)  
                                     Species Metaphire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868)  
                                     Species Metaphire praepinguis (Gates, 1935)  
                                     Species Metaphire prava (Chen, 1946)  
                                     Species Metaphire primadamae (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire pulauensis (Beddard, 1900)  
                                     Species Metaphire pulchra (Michaelsen, 1892)  
                                     Species Metaphire puyuma Tsai, Shen & Tsai, 1999  
                                     Species Metaphire quadragenaria (Perrier, 1872)  
                                     Species Metaphire quadrigemina (Gates, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire quadripapillata (Michaelsen, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire quelparta (Kobayashi, 1937)  
                                     Species Metaphire riukiuensis (Ohfuchi, 1957)  
                                     Species Metaphire saigonensis (Omodeo, 1957)  
                                     Species Metaphire sanseiana (Ohfuchi, 1951)  
                                     Species Metaphire saonekana (Cognetti, 1913)  
                                     Species Metaphire scitula (Gates, 1936)  
                                     Species Metaphire seponensis (Thai & Samphon, 1989)  
                                     Species Metaphire servinus (Hatai & Ohfuchi, 1937)  
                                     Species Metaphire simplex (Michaelsen, 1928)  
                                     Species Metaphire singgalangi (Michaelsen, 1930)  
                                     Species Metaphire sintangi (Michaelsen, 1922)  
                                     Species Metaphire socsonensis (Thai, 1984)  
                                     Species Metaphire soulensis (Kobayashi, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire stephensoni (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire strellana (Gates, 1949)  
                                     Species Metaphire subtilis (Gates, 1943)  
                                     Species Metaphire tahanmonta Chang & Chen , 2005  
                                     Species Metaphire taiwanensis Tsai, Tsai & Shen, 2004  
                                     Species Metaphire tanbode Blakemore, 2010  
                                     Species Metaphire tecta (Chen, 1946)  
                                     Species Metaphire thaibinhensis (Thai, 1984)  
                                     Species Metaphire thecodorsata (Chen, 1933)  
                                     Species Metaphire tibetana (Michaelsen, 1931)  
                                     Species Metaphire tjandiana (Michaelsen, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire tosaensis (Ohfuchi, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire travancorensis (Fedarb, 1898)  
                                     Species Metaphire tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993)  
                                     Species Metaphire trivandrana (Stephenson, 1916)  
                                     Species Metaphire truongsonensis (Thai, 1984)  
                                     Species Metaphire trutina Tsai, Chen, Tsai & Shen, 2003  
                                     Species Metaphire umbraticola (Gates, 1932)  
                                     Species Metaphire varellana (Michaelsen, 1934)  
                                     Species Metaphire variabilis (Horst, 1893)  
                                     Species Metaphire varians (Chen, 1938)  
                                     Species Metaphire vesiculata (Goto & Hatai, 1899)  
                                     Species Metaphire virgo (Beddard, 1900)  
                                     Species Metaphire viridis Feng & Ma, 1987  
                                     Species Metaphire vulgaris (Chen, 1930)  
                                     Species Metaphire weberi (Cognetti, 1913)  
                                     Species Metaphire willeyi (Benham, 1895)  
                                     Species Metaphire yeni Tsai, Shen & Tsai, 2000  
                                     Species Metaphire yuanpowa Chang & Chen , 2005  
                                     Species Metaphire yuhsii (Tsai, 1964)  
       

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

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