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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


	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	Megascolex 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
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Megascolex

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