Biology:Amynthas tokioensis

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Short description: Species of earthworm

Amynthas tokioensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Lumbricina
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. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/invasive-jumping-worms-damage-soil-threaten-forests. 
  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. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-017-1607-x. 
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q81852067 entry