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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
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SuperorderMetagynophora   
                      OrderOpisthopora   
                         SuborderCrassiclitellata   
                            SuperfamilyMegascolecoidea   
                               FamilyMegascolecidae   
                                  GenusMegascolides 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   
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  Reference for: Megascolides   
       

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