Biology:Megadrile

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Short description: Common name for a type of annelid worm

A megadrile is a kind of worm, a mostly terrestrial oligochaete.[1] Megadriles are placed within the superorder Megadrilacea, and include Moniligastrida and Lumbricina (or the order Haplotaxida, following Easton).[2][3]

References

  1. Maggenti, Armand R.; Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti; Scott Gardner (14 September 2005). "Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: M". Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology (University of Nebraska, Lincoln). http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/onlinedictinvertzoology/14/. Retrieved 22 May 2014. 
  2. Easton, E.G. (1981). "Japanese earthworms: a synopsis of the Megadrile species (Oligochaeta)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 40 (2): 33–65. 
  3. Blakemore, R.J. (December 2013). "The major megadrile families of the World reviewed again on their taxonomic types (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea)". Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis 44 (2): 107–127. http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus44_2/Blakemore_Families.pdf.