Octochaetus

Octochaetus is a genus of earthworms of family Octochaetidae native to Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia.[1][2]

Octochaetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Haplotaxida
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Octochaetus

Classification

Cladogram from Catalogue of Life:[1]

 Octochaetus 
 

Octochaetus antarcticus

 
 

Octochaetus brucei

 
 

Octochaetus huttoni

 
 

Octochaetus kapitiensis

 
 

Octochaetus levis

 
 

Octochaetus michaelseni

 
 

Octochaetus microchaetus

 
 

Octochaetus multiporus

 
 

Octochaetus pelorus

 
 

Octochaetus ravus

 
 

Octochaetus sylvestris

 
 

Octochaetus thomasi

 
 

Octochaetus tricystis

 
 
gollark: polaris.apionet.irc has been fixed and cannot be escaped from.
gollark: They apparently can't see each other over the apiohypermemetic links.
gollark: ... bee? polaris.apionet.irc is down.
gollark: I see. Well, you are to rejoin at some point.
gollark: But we have SSL and ApioServ now!

References
  1. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. SPRINGETT, J.A.; GRAY, R.A.J.; BARKER, D.J.; LAMBERT, M.G.; MACKAY, A.D.; THOMAS, V.J. (1 January 1998). "POPULATION DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEW ZEALAND INDIGENOUS EARTHWORM OCTOCHAETUS MULTIPORUS (MEGASCOLECIDAE: OLIGOCHAETA) IN HILL PASTURES". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 22 (1): 87–93. JSTOR 24054551.


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