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Megascolides McCoy, 1878

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
McCoy, & Frederick. (1878). Megascolides australis (McCoy). The Giant Earth-Worm. Natural History of Victoria. Prodomus to the Zoology of Victoria, 1: 21–25. plate 7. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=279692

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Crassiclitellata
family
Megascolecidae
genus
Megascolides

Name

Homonyms
Megascolides McCoy, 1878

Bibliographic References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home.
  2. Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  3. Erseus/Brinkhurst/Jamieson et al original papers
  4. McCoy, Frederick. (1878). Megascolides australis (McCoy). The Giant Earth-Worm. <em>Natural history of Victoria. Prodomus to the Zoology of Victoria.</em> 1: 21-25. plate 7.
  5. Michaelsen, W. (1907). Oligochaeta. <em>in Michaelsen. W, and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Süd-West Australischen Fotschungsreise 1905. Jena: Gustav Fischer.</em> 1 (2): 117-232.
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Prodr. Zool. Victoria, 1, dec. 1
  9. 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.
  10. Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda.
  11. SN2000/Sims, 1982
  12. SN2000/Sims, 1982
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