Genus Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835

Type species Glossoscolex giganteus Leuckart, 1835

Diagnosis. Setae in 8 longitudinal lines, one or two male pores associated with a pair of copulatory bulbs. One pair of calciferous glands in segments XI or XII, of composite-tubular structure. Sexual system metandric and metagynic, frequently long seminal vesicles, but spermathecae absent.