Driloleirus americanus

Taxonavigation

Driloleirus americanus, an adult specimen
Taxonavigation: Lumbricina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Classis: Clitellata
Subclassis: Oligochaeta
Ordo: Haplotaxida
Subordo: Lumbricina

Familia: Megascolecidae
Genus: Driloleirus
Species:

Name

Driloleirus americanus

Synonyms

  • Megascolides americanus Frank Smith, 1897

References

  • Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Vernacular names

  • English: Giant Palouse earthworm, Washington giant earthworm