Diplocardia

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Name (Latin)
Diplocardia
See Also From tracing topical name
Megascolecidae
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q5279828
Library of congress: sh 85038165

Wikipedia description:

Diplocardia is a genus of North American (USA, Mexico) earthworms with 52-57 known species that is remarkably similar to Australian Diplotrema Spencer, 1900. Species include Diplocardia pettiboneae (Gates 1977) and Diplocardia longa (Moore 1904), with bioluminescent mucus. The second largest earthworm in North America is Diplocardia meansi (Gates 1977) and is endemic to Rich Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains.

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