Amynthas japonicus
| Amynthas japonicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Suborder: | Lumbricina |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Amynthas |
| Species: | †A. japonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Amynthas japonicus (Horst, 1883)
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| Synonyms | |
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Megascolex japonicus | |
Megascolecidae earthworm Amynthas japonicus[2] is an extinct Japanese native probably collected from Nagasaki in the 1820s.[1] It was one of three native earthworms[3] featured in Dr P.F.B. von Siebold’s extensive collection and recorded as one of Japan’s earliest pheretimoid species.[4] It is now deemed extinct given that a 2018 Nagasaki expedition and earlier 1930s reports failed to locate it.[5] It is featured on The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Blakemore, R.J. (2018) [errata version of 2018 assessment]. "Amynthas japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T118812839A135691617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T118812839A118818040.en. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "Japanese earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta): a review and checklist of species" (PDF). Senckenberg University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-02-02.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. (December 2018). "Non-Flat Earth Recalibrated for Terrain and Topsoil". Soil Systems. 2 (4): 64. doi:10.3390/soilsystems2040064.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "On Opening a Box of Worms (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) — Historical Earthworm Specimens Transferred to Tokyo from the Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History in Sendai" (PDF). Kahkahu.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "Extinction of Japan's first formally described earthworm Amynthas japonicus(Horst, 1883) (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Megascolecidae)" (PDF). Kanagawa Museum.
- ^ "Amynthas japonicus - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database (REPAD)". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.