Diplocardia

Diplocardia meansi, copyright Nicholas Cowey.

Belongs within: Acanthodrilidae.

Diplocardia is a North American genus of earthworms with a double gizzard and tubular nephridia.

<==Diplocardia
    |--D. alabamanaJ90
    |--D. albaJ90
    |--D. biprostaticaJ90
    |--D. bithecaJ90
    |--D. bivesiculataJ90
    |--D. carolinianaJ90
    |--D. communisJ90
    |--D. conoyeri Murchie 1961JD12
    |--D. eiseniJ90
    |--D. farmvillensisJ90
    |--D. floridanaJ90
    |--D. fuscaJ90
    |--D. fusculaJ90
    |--D. gatesiJ90
    |--D. glabraJ90
    |--D. gracilisJ90
    |--D. hulbertiJ90
    |--D. invectaJ90
    |--D. keyesiJ90
    |--D. koebeliJ90
    |--D. komarekiJ90
    |--D. longaJ90
    |--D. longisetaJ90
    |--D. macdowelliJ90
    |--D. meansiJ90
    |--D. michaelseniJ90
    |--D. minimaJ90
    |--D. mississippiensisJ90
    |--D. novaJ90
    |--D. ornataJ90
    |--D. pettibonaeJ90
    |--D. prosenterisJ90
    |--D. ripariaJ90
    |--D. rugosaJ90
    |--D. sandersiJ90
    |--D. singularisJ90
    |--D. smithiiJ90
    |--D. sylvicolaJ90
    |--D. texensisJ90
    |--D. udeiJ90
    |--D. vailiJ90
    |--D. varivesiculaJ90
    `--D. verrucosaJ90

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[J90] James, S. W. 1990. Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae and other earhworms from southern and midwestern North America. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 379–386. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[JD12] James, S. W., & S. K. Davidson. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of earthworms (Annelida: Crassiclitellata) based on 28S, 18S and 16S gene sequences. Invertebrate Systematics 26: 213–229.

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