WoRMS taxon details
Megascolecidae Rosa, 1891
22960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22960)
accepted
Family
Cryptodrilidae Beddard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Megascolecinae Rosa, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Perichaetidae Claus, 1880 · unaccepted (prevailed usage)
Perionycidae Benham, 1890 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Rosa, Daniel. (1891). Die exotischen Terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. <em>Annalen des K. K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Wein.</em> 6: 379–406., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5374870
page(s): 380, 387; note: Rosa uses the spelling "Megascolicidae" [details]
page(s): 380, 387; note: Rosa uses the spelling "Megascolicidae" [details]
WoRMS (2024). Megascolecidae Rosa, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22960 on 2024-11-20
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original description
Rosa, Daniel. (1891). Die exotischen Terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. <em>Annalen des K. K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Wein.</em> 6: 379–406., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5374870
page(s): 380, 387; note: Rosa uses the spelling "Megascolicidae" [details]
original description (of Perichaetidae Claus, 1880) Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. [Principles of Zoology, for scientific use [fourth edition]]. <em>N.G. Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg.</em> 1: 1-822. [Copepoda :543-560]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/913950
page(s): 479; note: for Perichaeta [details]
original description (of Perionycidae Benham, 1890) Benham, W.B. (1890). An attempt to classify Earthworms. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 31:201-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13820415
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Cryptodrilidae Beddard, 1891) Beddard, F.E. (1891). The classification and distribution of earthworms. <em>Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc.</em> 10: 235-290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26238678
page(s): 253 [details]
original description (of Megascolecinae Rosa, 1891) Rosa, Daniel. (1891). Die exotischen Terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. <em>Annalen des K. K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Wein.</em> 6: 379–406., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5374870 [details]
additional source De Assis, Jose Eriberto; Souza, J. R. B.; Vieira, M. L. M.; Nunes De Souza, J. V.; Rodrigues, G. G.; Christoffersen, M. L. (2017). A catalogue of the Eudrilidae and Megascolecidae (Clitellata: Lumbricina)from South America, with two new records of exotic species from Brazil. <em>Turkish Journal of Zoology.</em> 41: 599-614., available online at http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-17-41-4/zoo-41-4-2-1604-74.pdf [details]
additional source Reynolds, John W. (2004). Gordon Enoch Gates – his life and work. <em>[Edited book chapter. Workshop proceedings].</em> Avances en taxonomía de lombrices de tierra (Annelida: Oligochaeta) [Advances In Earthworm Taxonomy (Annelida: Oligochaeta)]. Ana G. Moreno y Sonia Borges (Editoras). Editorial Complutense. Madrid, España. CD Appendix. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Tiwari, Nalini; Tiwari, Pooja; Gupta, Neelima; Yadav, Shweta. (2024). An Annotated Checklist of Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5477(3): 251-294., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5477.3.1 [details]
page(s): 380, 387; note: Rosa uses the spelling "Megascolicidae" [details]
original description (of Perichaetidae Claus, 1880) Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. [Principles of Zoology, for scientific use [fourth edition]]. <em>N.G. Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg.</em> 1: 1-822. [Copepoda :543-560]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/913950
page(s): 479; note: for Perichaeta [details]
original description (of Perionycidae Benham, 1890) Benham, W.B. (1890). An attempt to classify Earthworms. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 31:201-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13820415
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Cryptodrilidae Beddard, 1891) Beddard, F.E. (1891). The classification and distribution of earthworms. <em>Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc.</em> 10: 235-290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26238678
page(s): 253 [details]
original description (of Megascolecinae Rosa, 1891) Rosa, Daniel. (1891). Die exotischen Terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. <em>Annalen des K. K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Wein.</em> 6: 379–406., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5374870 [details]
additional source De Assis, Jose Eriberto; Souza, J. R. B.; Vieira, M. L. M.; Nunes De Souza, J. V.; Rodrigues, G. G.; Christoffersen, M. L. (2017). A catalogue of the Eudrilidae and Megascolecidae (Clitellata: Lumbricina)from South America, with two new records of exotic species from Brazil. <em>Turkish Journal of Zoology.</em> 41: 599-614., available online at http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-17-41-4/zoo-41-4-2-1604-74.pdf [details]
additional source Reynolds, John W. (2004). Gordon Enoch Gates – his life and work. <em>[Edited book chapter. Workshop proceedings].</em> Avances en taxonomía de lombrices de tierra (Annelida: Oligochaeta) [Advances In Earthworm Taxonomy (Annelida: Oligochaeta)]. Ana G. Moreno y Sonia Borges (Editoras). Editorial Complutense. Madrid, España. CD Appendix. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tiwari, Nalini; Tiwari, Pooja; Gupta, Neelima; Yadav, Shweta. (2024). An Annotated Checklist of Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5477(3): 251-294., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5477.3.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Rosa (1891: 380) is apparently the first use of Megascolecidae, but Rosa's spelling is consistently as "Megascolicidae" [details]
