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Polypheretima Michaelsen 1934
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Genus Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934
Pheretima (Polypheretima) Michaelsen, 1934a: 25. Metapheretima (part) — Sims & Easton 1972: 205, 233. Polypheretima— Easton 1979: 28.
Type species. Perichaeta stelleri Michaelsen, 1892, by original designation. Distribution. Philippines, Indonesian archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Malaya peninsula and Vietnam (Blakemore 2002).
Notes
Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Michaelsen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Order
- Haplotaxida
- Family
- Megascolecidae
- Genus
- Polypheretima
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934 sec. Nguyen, Nguyen, Tran & Blakemore, 2016
References
- Michaelsen, W. (1934 a) Oligochaeta from Sarawak. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 77, 1 - 47.
- Sims, R. W. & Easton, E. G. (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima auct. (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 169 - 268. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8312.1972. tb 00694. x
- Easton, E. G. (1979) A revision of the ' acaecate' earthworms of the Pheretima group (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta): Archipheretima, Metapheretima, Planapheretima, Pleionogaster and Polypheretima. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 35, 1 - 126. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 20451
- Michaelsen, W. (1892) Terricolen der Berliner Zoologischen Sammlung. II. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 58 (1), 209 - 261. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 8321
- Blakemore, R. J. (2002) Cosmopolitan Earthworms - an Eco - Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. 2 nd Ed. VermEcology, PO BOX 414 Kippax, ACT 2615, Australia. August, 2002.