Megascolides

Megascolides
Megascolides australis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Order:	Opisthopora
Family:	Megascolecidae
Genus:	Megascolides McCoy, 1878
Species
About 40, see species

Megascolides is a genus of earthworms in the family Megascolecidae.

Species

There are about 40 species:

• Megascolides albus Lee, 1952
• Megascolides attenuatus Spencer, 1892
• Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878 – giant Gippsland earthworm
• Megascolides cataractus Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides catenastagnis Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides croesus Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides diaphanus Spencer, 1900
• Megascolides eucalypti Spencer, 1900
• Megascolides fontis Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides fuscus Lee, 1952
• Megascolides improbus Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides intestinalis Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides irregularis Lee, 1952
• Megascolides jotaylorae Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides laffani Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides manni
• Megascolides multituberculata Jamieson, 1972
• Megascolides neglectus Cognetti de Martiis, 1909
• Megascolides oppidanus Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides parvus Lee, 1952
• Megascolides punctatus Spencer, 1900
• Megascolides raglani Lee, 1952
• Megascolides reptans (Ude, 1905)
• Megascolides ruber Lee, 1952
• Megascolides rubicundus Lee, 1959
• Megascolides salmo Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides sanctorum Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides simsoni Keable, 1895
• Megascolides sinuosus Spencer, 1892
• Megascolides steeli Spencer, 1900
• Megascolides tasmani Lee, 1959
• Megascolides tener Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides tisdalli Spencer, 1900
• Megascolides tortuosus Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides umbonis Blakemore, 2000
• Megascolides unipapillatus (Ude, 1905)
• Megascolides victoriensis Spencer, 1892
• Megascolides viridis Lee, 1952
• Megascolides volvens Spencer, 1900
• Megascolides xanthus Blakemore, 2000

Further reading

• 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.