Amynthas tokioensis

Amynthas tokioensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Order:	Opisthopora
Family:	Megascolecidae
Genus:	Amynthas
Species:	A. tokioensis
Binomial name
Amynthas tokioensis (Beddard, 1892)

Amynthas tokioensis, the Asian jumping worm, is a species of earthworm in the family Megascolecidae . It is native to Japan and the Korean Peninsula. It is an invasive species in North America. ^{[1] [2]}

These worms engage in parthenogenetic reproduction. ^[3]

References

1. "Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. Soil and threaten forests". 29 September 2020.
2. Chang, Chih-Han; Johnston, Marie R.; Görres, Josef H.; Dávalos, Andrea; McHugh, Damhnait; Szlavecz, Katalin (2018). "Co-invasion of three Asian earthworms, Metaphire hilgendorfi, Amynthas agrestis and Amynthas tokioensis in the USA" . Biological Invasions. 20 (4): 843–848. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1607-x. S2CID   4518705.
3. "A guide to identifying the Asian earthworms Amynthas agrestis, Amynthas tokioensis, and Metaphire hilgendorfi" by Chih-Han Chang. Extracted from Asian pheretimoid earthworms in North America north of Mexico: An illustrated key to the genera Amynthas, Metaphire, Pithemera, and Polypheretima by C.-H. Chang and B. Snyder and K. Szlavecz. Zootaxa 4179 (3), 495–529. 2016. Accessed August 20, 2021.