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

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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	Metaphire 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
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Metaphire

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