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Amynthas abrevicapitatus

Amynthas abrevicapitatus

GBIF:123207231

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Descriptions(3)

Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Amynthas brevicapitatus (Thai, 1984) in having two pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegments 7 / 8 / 9, more or less same number of pre- and post-clitellar setae, prostatic duct S-shaped. However, it can be recognised by smaller body, prolobous prostomium, the absence of genital markings in spermathecal and male regions, spermathecal ampulla ellipsoid-shaped, and diverticula very short. The species was found inside decaying woods (Thai & Le 1993).
Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.
Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
Type locality. Vietnam (Hai Phong: Cat Ba Isl.). Type material. SORC, Vietnam. Records from Vietnam. Hai Phong (Cat Ba Isl.) (Thai & Le 1993).
Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1

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A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1

Abstract

The comprehensive checklist of earthworms in Vietnam is presented here listing 24 genera and 212 species arranged in eight families. For each species, bibliographic citations are given, including the original descriptions as well as notable citations affecting taxonomic status or distributional reports of a species. Distributions of each species are also provided. The bibliography contains all relevant papers for Vietnamese earthworms. Of 212 species, 114 have been recorded only in Vietnam, and 25 are cosmopolitan. New combinations are made for Amynthas acalifornicus (Do & Huynh, 1991) comb. nov., A. binhgiaensis (Le, 1994) comb. nov., Metaphire catbaensis (Thai & Le, 1993) comb. nov., M. khoii (Do & Tran, 1994) comb. nov., M. phaluongana (Do & Huynh, 1992) comb. nov., and M. mangophila (Nguyen, 2011) comb. nov., M. tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993) comb. nov. Additionally, Pheretima paraalexandri Nguyen, 2011 is treat- ed as a junior synonym of Amynthas polychaetiferus (Thai, 1984).

Key words: Megadriles, checklist, species distributions, taxonomy, exotic cosmopolitans, earthworm, fauna, Vietnam

Nguyen T T, Nguyen A D, Tran B T T, Blakemore R J, plazi (2016). A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2016View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
123207231
Dataset Key
01995ca4-7d04-4402-b21a-926957b1a391
Origin
source
Backbone Key
8529181
Taxon ID
B5727931FFBA790CFF3C24F660E28FD8.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026