Belongs within: Megascolecidae.
Woodwardiella is a genus of earthworms found in Australia and Sri Lanka (Jackson 1931).
Characters (Jackson 1931): Eight setae per segment. One gizzard in segment 5. Always meganephridial. Spermiducal gland with branching canal-system in glandular region.
<==Woodwardiella Stephensen 1925 [=Woodwardia Michaelsen 1907 non Crosse & Fisher 1861]J31
|--*W. callichaeta (Michaelsen 1907)M07, J31, M07 [=*Woodwardia callichaetaM07]
|--W. affinis (Michaelsen 1907)J31, M07 [=Woodwardia affinisM07]
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ canaliculatus [=Woodwardia canaliculata]M07
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ cooraniensis [=Woodwardia cooraniensis]M07
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ gippslandicus [=Woodwardia gippslandica]M07
|--W. lipferti (Michaelsen 1907)J31, M07 [=Woodwardia libfertiM07]
|--W. magna Jackson 1931J31
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ mediterreus [=Woodwardia mediterreus]M07
|--W. molaeleonis (Michaelsen 1907)J31, M07 [=Woodwardia molaeleonisM07]
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ oxleyensis [=Woodwardia oxleyensis]M07
|--‘Megascolides’ punctatus [=Woodwardia punctata]M07
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ shephardi [=Woodwardia shephardi]M07
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ sloanei [=Woodwardia sloanei]M07
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ smithi Fletcher 1990M07, F90 [=Woodwardia smithiM07]
|--‘Cryptodrilus’ tessellatus [=Woodwardia tessellata]M07
`--‘Plutellus’ uzeli [=Woodwardia uzeli]M07
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[F90] Fletcher, J. J. 1890. Notes on Australian earthworms. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (3): 987–1019.
[J31] Jackson, A. 1931. The Oligochaeta of south-western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 71–136.
[M07] Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens 1 (2): 115–232, 2 pls.