Polypheretima

Polypheretima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Crassiclitellata
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Polypheretima
Michaelsen, 1934
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Polypheretima is a genus of annelid earthworms belonging to the family Megascolecidae, erected by Wilhelm Michaelsen in 1934.[1] Species have been recorded mostly from Africa and Asia, with several apparently very locally endemic.[2]

This genus is similar to Pheretima and other "Pheretimoid" genera (also including Amynthas, Archipheretima, Duplodicodrilus, Metaphire, Metapheretima and Pithemera). They form an important ecological and taxonomic group in the Oriental region.[3]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  1. Polypheretima agathis Lee, 1981
  2. Polypheretima badia (Ude, 1932)
  3. Polypheretima bannaworensis Y.Hong & James, 2008
  4. Polypheretima bukidnonensis Aspe & James, 2016
  5. Polypheretima cattienensis Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015
  6. Polypheretima cokelat Fahri & Amaliah, 2017
  7. Polypheretima coplandi Easton, 1979
  8. Polypheretima cordata Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015
  9. Polypheretima elongatoides Fahri & Nguyen, 2017
  10. Polypheretima fruticosa Y.Hong & James, 2008
  11. Polypheretima gatesi Easton, 1979
  12. Polypheretima huonensis Easton, 1979
  13. Polypheretima kalimpaaensis Fahri & Amaliah, 2017
  14. Polypheretima kershawae Easton, 1979
  15. Polypheretima koyana Michaelsen, 1934
  16. Polypheretima lacertina Chen, 1946
  17. Polypheretima lesonea Easton, 1979
  18. Polypheretima medialis Lam, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2018
  19. Polypheretima mekongmontis T.T.Nguyen, Tran & A.D.Nguyen, 2014
  20. Polypheretima militium Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015
  21. Polypheretima mindanaoensis Aspe & James, 2015
  22. Polypheretima neglecta Easton, 1984
  23. Polypheretima pagudpudensis Y.Hong & James, 2011
  24. Polypheretima parataprobanea (Nguyen, 1993)
  25. Polypheretima patae Easton, 1979
  26. Polypheretima perlucidula Y.Hong & James, 2008
  27. Polypheretima phacellotheca (Michaelsen, 1899)
  28. Polypheretima sahlani Fahri & Amaliah, 2017
  29. Polypheretima sempolensis Easton, 1979
  30. Polypheretima tabhingensis Lam, Nguyen, Hoang, D. & Nguyen, 2018
  31. Polypheretima tamarae Easton, 1984
  32. Polypheretima tenebrica Chen, 1946
  33. Polypheretima zamboangensis Aspe & James, 2016

References

  1. ^ Michaelsen, W. (1934). "Oligochaeta from Sarawak". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 2. 77 (305): 1–47. doi:10.1242/jcs.s2-77.305.1.
  2. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934 (retrieved 20 June 2024)
  3. ^ "Checklist of pheretimoid taxa" (PDF). YNU. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-05-26.