Metapheretima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Opisthopora |
Suborder: | Crassiclitellata |
Family: | Megascolecidae |
Genus: | Metapheretima Michaelsen, 1928 |
Metapheretima is a genus of annelid earthworms belonging to the family Megascolecidae, erected by Wilhelm Michaelsen in 1928. [1] Species have been recorded mostly from Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands. [2]
This genus is similar to Pheretima and other "Pheretimoid" genera (also including Amynthas , Archipheretima , Duplodicodrilus , Metaphire , Pithemera and Polypheretima ). They form an important ecological and taxonomic group in the Oriental region. [3] [4]
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