Megascolides

Megascolides is a genus of earthworms in the family Megascolecidae.

Megascolides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Clitellata
Order:	Opisthopora
Family:	Megascolecidae
Genus:	Megascolides McCoy, 1878
Species
see species

Species

Megascolides acanthodriloides Megascolides alba Megascolides albertisi Megascolides albertisii Megascolides americanis Megascolides americanus Megascolides annandalei Megascolides antrophyes Megascolides attenuatus Megascolides australis - Giant Gippsland earthworm Megascolides bagomaraglensis Megascolides bassanus Megascolides bergtheili Megascolides cameroni Megascolides cascadensis Megascolides cataractus Megascolides catenastagnis Megascolides chengannures Megascolides chengannurus Megascolides cochinensis Megascolides croesus Megascolides diaphanus Megascolides duodecimal Megascolides duodecimalis Megascolides eiseni Megascolides equestris Megascolides eucalypti Megascolides fontis Megascolides fuscus Megascolides halyi Megascolides hastatus Megascolides hulmei Megascolides (Notoscolex) illawarroe Megascolides improbus Megascolides incertus Megascolides insignis Megascolides intestinalis Megascolides irregularis Megascolides jotaylorae Megascolides karakulamensis Megascolides laffani

Megascolides lucasi Megascolides macelfreshi Megascolides maestus Megascolides manni Megascolides michaelseni Megascolides monorchis Megascolides neglectus Megascolides nokanenaensis Megascolides obscurus Megascolides oneilli Megascolides oppidanus Megascolides orthostichon Megascolides parvus Megascolides pilatus Megascolides prashadi Megascolides punctatus Megascolides pygmoeus Megascolides raglani Megascolides roseus Megascolides ruber Megascolides rubicundus Megascolides salmo Megascolides sanctorum Megascolides simsoni Megascolides singhalensis Megascolides sinosus Megascolides sp. Megascolides steell Megascolides tasmani Megascolides tener Megascolides tenmalai Megascolides tisdalli Megascolides tortuosus Megascolides umbonis Megascolides variabilis Megascolides victoriensis Megascolides viridis Megascolides volvens Megascolides warragulensis Megascolides wellsi Megascolides xanthus

References

• WikiSpecies
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Giant Gippsland earthworm at the Museum Victoria website
• Rossiter, RJ; Gaffney, TJ; Rosenberg, H; Ennor, AH (1960). "The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (Megascolides cameroni)". The Biochemical Journal. 76 (3): 603–10. doi:10.1042/bj0760603. PMC 1204840. PMID 13743749.