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Diplocardia

Genus Diplocardia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Oligochaeta
Order: Haplotaxida
Family: Acanthodrilidae
Genus: Diplocardia
Garmon, 1888
Species

52+, see text


52+, see text

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.


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