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Megascolecidae

family

Accepted

Name authority: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Earthworms

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Megascolecidae	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Rosa, & Daniel. (1891). Die exotischen Terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen Des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Wein, 6: 379–406. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=353765

Synonym	Source
Perionycidae synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Benham, W. B. (1890). An attempt to classify Earthworms. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 31:201–315. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=280270
Perichaetidae synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. N.G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg, 1: 1–822. [Copepoda 543–560]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=81884
Cryptodrilidae synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Beddard, F. E. (1891). The classification and distribution of earthworms. Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc., 10: 235–290. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=398426

Common names	Source
Earthworms	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Annelida
Earthworms	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Earthworms United States	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Checklist of Vermont Species
Giant Earthworms United States	English GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Checklist of Vermont Species

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Classification

kingdom: Animalia

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