Glossoscolecidae
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Name (Latin)
Glossoscolecidae
See Also From tracing topical name
Earthworms
Haplotaxida
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3109245
Library of congress:
sh 98002204
Sources of Information
- Rosa, D. Contributo allo studio dei tericoli neotropicali, 1895.
- Reynolds, J.W. Nomenclatura oligochaetologica, 1976. Suppl. 3, 1993:p. 4 (Glossoscolecidae; family under superfamily Glossoscolecoidea; under suborder Lumbricina, order Haplotaxida)
- Syn. liv. org.:pp. 58-59 (Glossoscolecidae; family of tropical American earthworms under superfamily Glossoscolecoidae)
- Ruppert, E.E. Invertebrate zoology, c1994:pp. 588-589 (Glossoscolecidae; family of earthworms under suborder Lumbricina; under order Haplotaxida)
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Wikipedia description:
The Glossoscolecidae are a large family of earthworms (annelids) which has native representatives in South and Central America. The species Pontoscolex corethrurus has a circumtropical distribution. They are found mostly in forest, but one species of earthworms lives primarily in coastal beach sand. The earthworms in this family can reach up to 2 m in length.
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