Microchaetus rappi Beddard, 1886

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Benham, William Blaxland, 1886: Studies on Earthworms, Part II. Descriptions of New or Little-Known Earthworms. I. Microchaeta Rappi, Beddard (Lumbricus microchetus, Rapp). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, vol. 26. 267-301.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Annelida

class

Clitellata

order

Crassiclitellata

family

Microchaetidae

genus

Microchaetus

species

Microchaetus rappi

Name

Synonyms

Microchaeta rappi Beddard, 1886

Homonyms

Microchaetus rappi Beddard, 1886

Bibliographic References

1. Beddard, Frank E., 1886: On the anatomy and systematic position of a gigantic earthworm (Microchaeta rappi) from the Cape Colony. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 12, part 3, no. 1. 63-76.
2. Benham, William Blaxland, 1886: Studies on Earthworms, Part II. Descriptions of New or Little-Known Earthworms. I. Microchaeta Rappi, Beddard (Lumbricus microchetus, Rapp). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, vol. 26. 267-301.
3. Plisko, J. D. (2006). A systematic reassessment of the genus Microchaetus Rapp, 1849: its amended definition, reinstatement of Geogenia Kinberg, 1867, and erection of a new genus Kazimierzus (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae). <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 47(1): 31-56.
4. Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2006: A systematic reassessment of the genus Microchaetus Rapp, 1849: its amended definition, reinstatement of Geogenia Kinberg, 1867, and erection of a new genus Kazimierzus (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae). African Invertebrates, vol. 47. 31-56.
5. Reynolds, J. W., and D. G. Cook, 1993: Nomenclatura oligochaetologica. Supplementum tertium. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick Museum Monographic Series (Natural Science), no. 9. vi + 33.