Acanthodrilidae
Sign in to saveThe Acanthodrilidae are an ancient and widely distributed family of earthworms which has native representatives in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, and North America. No native species are known from India (cf. Octochaetidae) nor Asia. The family possibly shows a pre-Pangaean distribution.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderCrassiclitellata
- FamilyAcanthodrilidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Acanthodrilidae
- Collections
- AM, NCSM, NHMUK, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Australia, Argentina, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Chile, Tanzania
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The Acanthodrilidae are an ancient and widely distributed family of earthworms which has native representatives in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, and North America. No native species are known from India (cf. Octochaetidae) nor Asia. The family possibly shows a pre-Pangaean distribution.
Membership requires an 'acanthodriline' arrangement of male pores and holoic nephridia.
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