Taxonomy Profile: Megascolex (Templeton 1844)

Megascolex: 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:
TWG standards met
Megascolex: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Annelida
annelids |
AnelĂ­deo |
minhoca |
sanguessuga |
annélides |
Class : Clitellata
Superorder : Metagynophora
Order : Opisthopora
Suborder : Crassiclitellata
Superfamily : Megascolecoidea
Genus : Megascolex
Megascolex Direct Children(s):
Megascolex acanthodriloides
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex adami
(Michaelsen 1910)
Megascolex albanyensis
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex andersoni
(Spencer 1902)
Megascolex animae
(Lee 1959)
Megascolex annandalei
(Stephenson 1913)
Megascolex armatus
(Horst 1893)
Megascolex auriculata
(Aiyer 1929)
Megascolex australis
(Fletcher 1886)
Megascolex austrinus
(Fletcher 1886)
Megascolex avicula
(Aiyer 1929)
Megascolex bifoveatus
(Stephenson 1913)
Megascolex bistichus
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex branchycyla
(Schmarda 1861)
Megascolex caeruleus
(Templeton 1844)
Megascolex campester
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex celmisiae
(Jamieson 1973)
Megascolex ceylonica
(Beddard 1886)
Megascolex cingulatus
(Beddard 1892)
Megascolex cochinensis
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex coeruleus
(Bourne 1891)
Megascolex colliensis
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex collinus
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex curgensis
(Michaelsen 1926)
Megascolex curtus
(Stephenson 1913)
Megascolex escherichi
(Michaelsen 1910)
Megascolex eunephrus
(Cognetti 1911)
Megascolex exiguus
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex fardyi
(Spencer 1902)
Megascolex fecundus
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex fielderi
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex filiciseta
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex fletcheri
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex frenchii
(Spencer 1892)
Megascolex frosti
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex funis
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex fuscus
(Michaelsen 1918)
Megascolex galei
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex goonmurk
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex hallii
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex hamiltoni
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex harveyensis
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex hendersoni
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex heterochaetus
(Michaelsen 1918)
Megascolex hoggi
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex horai
(Stephenson 1922)
Megascolex hortonensis
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex illidgei
(Spencer 1900)
Megascolex imparicystis
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex imperatrix
(Bourne 1894)
Megascolex indissimilis
(Fletcher 1889)
Megascolex inermis
(Stephenson 1933)
Megascolex insignis
(Michaelsen 1910)
Megascolex jenolanensis
(Boardman 1943)
Megascolex kavalaianus
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex kempi
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex konkanensis
(Fedarb 1898)
Megascolex laingii
(Benham 1903)
Megascolex larpentensis
(Spencer 1902)
Megascolex leucocyla
(Schmarda 1861)
Megascolex lobulatus
(Spencer 1902)
Megascolex longicystis
(Nicholls & Jackson 1927)
Megascolex longiseta
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex lorenzi
(Rosa 1894)
Megascolex macleayi
(Fletcher 1889)
Megascolex macquariensis
(Fletcher 1890)
Megascolex mediaeviae
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex minor
(Spencer 1900)
Megascolex mjoebergi
(Michaelsen 1917)
Megascolex monostichus
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex montanus
(Spencer 1900)
Megascolex monticola
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex monticolus
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex mortenseni
(Michaelsen 1924)
Megascolex moseleyi
(Beddard 1883)
Megascolex multispinus
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex newcombi
(Beddard 1887)
Megascolex novaecaledoniae
(Michaelsen 1913)
Megascolex nureliyensis
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex parvus
(Michaelsen 1918)
Megascolex pattipolensis
(Stephenson 1913)
Megascolex pentagonalis
(Stephenson 1916)
Megascolex peranellus
(Gates 1945)
Megascolex phaseolus
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex pheretima
(Michaelsen 1926)
Megascolex polytheca
(Stephenson 1915)
Megascolex porphyrozonus
(Stephenson 1924)
Megascolex pritchardi
(Spencer 1902)
Megascolex pumilio
(Stephenson 1916)
Megascolex purpurascens
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex quintus
(Stephenson 1913)
Megascolex ratus
(Cognetti 1911)
Megascolex raymondianus
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex robustus
(Vaillant 1889)
Megascolex rodwayi
(Stephenson 1931)
Megascolex ruber
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex sarasinorum
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex schmardae
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex sextus
(Stephenson 1913)
Megascolex simplex
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex singhalensis
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex spectabilis
(Michaelsen 1910)
Megascolex steelii
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex sylvaticus
(Spencer 1893)
Megascolex sylvicola
(Stephenson 1924)
Megascolex tenax
(Fletcher 1886)
Megascolex torbayensis
(Michaelsen 1907)
Megascolex travancorensis
(Michaelsen 1910)
Megascolex triangularis
(Stephenson 1925)
Megascolex tripartitus
(Stephenson 1925)
Megascolex trivandranus
(Stephenson 1916)
Megascolex varians
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex viridis
(Schmarda 1861)
Megascolex wiburdi
(Boardman 1943)
Megascolex willey
(Michaelsen 1909)
Megascolex wilsonianus
(Fletcher 1887)
Megascolex zygochaetus
(Michaelsen 1897)
Megascolex: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Samuel W. James
Notes:
Reference for:
Megascolex
Source(s):
Source:
Blakemore database, 2011 - 2012
Acquired:
2011-01-01
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
Acquired:
2012-01-01
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
Acquired:
2011-01-01
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 (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-01 / 1993-01-01
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:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Megascolex
Megascolex: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Megascolex: Comments