# Polypheretima
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{{Short description|Genus of earthworms}}
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| image = Polypheretima elongata, 250 E Līpoa St, Kihei, HI, US imported from iNaturalist photo 30877937.jpg
| image_caption = ''Polypheretima elongata''
| taxon = Polypheretima
| authority = [Michaelsen](/source/Wilhelm_Michaelsen), 1934
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'''''Polypheretima''''' is a genus of annelid earthworms belonging to the family [Megascolecidae](/source/Megascolecidae), erected by [Wilhelm Michaelsen](/source/Wilhelm_Michaelsen) in 1934.[{{cite journal| title=Oligochaeta from Sarawak| date=1934| last=Michaelsen| first=W.| journal=Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science| series=2| volume= 77|issue=305| pages=1–47| doi=10.1242/jcs.s2-77.305.1| doi-access=free}}] Species have been recorded mostly from Africa and Asia, with several apparently very locally [endemic](/source/endemic).[[https://www.gbif.org/species/4812970 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Polypheretima'' Michaelsen, 1934] (retrieved 20 June 2024)]
This genus is similar to ''[Pheretima](/source/Pheretima)'' and other "Pheretimoid" genera (also including ''[Amynthas](/source/Amynthas)'', ''[Archipheretima](/source/Archipheretima)'', ''[Duplodicodrilus](/source/Duplodicodrilus)'', ''[Metaphire](/source/Metaphire)'', ''[Metapheretima](/source/Metapheretima)'' and ''[Pithemera](/source/Pithemera)''). They form an important ecological and taxonomic group in the Oriental region.[{{cite web |url = http://bio-eco.eis.ynu.ac.jp/eng/database/earthworm/Pheretimoids.pdf | title = Checklist of pheretimoid taxa | publisher = YNU | year = 2007 | access-date = 2008-05-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722081245/http://bio-eco.eis.ynu.ac.jp/eng/database/earthworm/Pheretimoids.pdf | archive-date = 2011-07-22 | url-status = dead }}]
==Species==
The [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility) lists:[
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# ''[Polypheretima agathis](/source/Polypheretima_agathis)'' {{Au|Lee, 1981}}
# ''[Polypheretima badia](/source/Polypheretima_badia)'' {{Au|(Ude, 1932)}}
# ''[Polypheretima bannaworensis](/source/Polypheretima_bannaworensis)'' {{Au|Y.Hong & James, 2008}}
# ''[Polypheretima bukidnonensis](/source/Polypheretima_bukidnonensis)'' {{Au|Aspe & James, 2016}}
# ''[Polypheretima cattienensis](/source/Polypheretima_cattienensis)'' {{Au|Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015}}
# ''[Polypheretima cokelat](/source/Polypheretima_cokelat)'' {{Au|Fahri & Amaliah, 2017}}
# ''[Polypheretima coplandi](/source/Polypheretima_coplandi)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima cordata](/source/Polypheretima_cordata)'' {{Au|Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015}}
# ''[Polypheretima elongatoides](/source/Polypheretima_elongatoides)'' {{Au|Fahri & Nguyen, 2017}}
# ''[Polypheretima fruticosa](/source/Polypheretima_fruticosa)'' {{Au|Y.Hong & James, 2008}}
# ''[Polypheretima gatesi](/source/Polypheretima_gatesi)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima huonensis](/source/Polypheretima_huonensis)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima kalimpaaensis](/source/Polypheretima_kalimpaaensis)'' {{Au|Fahri & Amaliah, 2017}}
# ''[Polypheretima kershawae](/source/Polypheretima_kershawae)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima koyana](/source/Polypheretima_koyana)'' {{Au|Michaelsen, 1934}}
# ''[Polypheretima lacertina](/source/Polypheretima_lacertina)'' {{Au|Chen, 1946}}
# ''[Polypheretima lesonea](/source/Polypheretima_lesonea)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima medialis](/source/Polypheretima_medialis)'' {{Au|Lam, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2018}}
# ''[Polypheretima mekongmontis](/source/Polypheretima_mekongmontis)'' {{Au|T.T.Nguyen, Tran & A.D.Nguyen, 2014}}
# ''[Polypheretima militium](/source/Polypheretima_militium)'' {{Au|Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015}}
# ''[Polypheretima mindanaoensis](/source/Polypheretima_mindanaoensis)'' {{Au|Aspe & James, 2015}}
# ''[Polypheretima neglecta](/source/Polypheretima_neglecta)'' {{Au|Easton, 1984}}
# ''[Polypheretima pagudpudensis](/source/Polypheretima_pagudpudensis)'' {{Au|Y.Hong & James, 2011}}
# ''[Polypheretima parataprobanea](/source/Polypheretima_parataprobanea)'' {{Au|(Nguyen, 1993)}}
# ''[Polypheretima patae](/source/Polypheretima_patae)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima perlucidula](/source/Polypheretima_perlucidula)'' {{Au|Y.Hong & James, 2008}}
# ''[Polypheretima phacellotheca](/source/Polypheretima_phacellotheca)'' {{Au|(Michaelsen, 1899)}}
# ''[Polypheretima sahlani](/source/Polypheretima_sahlani)'' {{Au|Fahri & Amaliah, 2017}}
# ''[Polypheretima sempolensis](/source/Polypheretima_sempolensis)'' {{Au|Easton, 1979}}
# ''[Polypheretima tabhingensis](/source/Polypheretima_tabhingensis)'' {{Au|Lam, Nguyen, Hoang, D. & Nguyen, 2018}}
# ''[Polypheretima tamarae](/source/Polypheretima_tamarae)'' {{Au|Easton, 1984}}
# ''[Polypheretima tenebrica](/source/Polypheretima_tenebrica)'' {{Au|Chen, 1946}}
# ''[Polypheretima zamboangensis](/source/Polypheretima_zamboangensis)'' {{Au|Aspe & James, 2016}}
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== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Wikispecies inline|Megascolecidae}}
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Category:Annelid genera
Category:Megascolecidae
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