Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972

Nguyen, Tung. T., Trinh, Binh K. T., Le, Nhan V. & Nguyen, Anh D., 2015, On the polythecate earthworms of the genus Metaphire (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 461-470 : 461

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5385803
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466966
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scientific name	Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972
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Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972

Type species. Rhodopis javanica Kinberg, 1867 , by monotypy

Distribution. The genus is widely distributed in the Oriental region, from Japan through the Indo- Australasian archipelago to the rain forests of Australasia eastwards through Oceania ( Sims & Easton, 1972).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
Order	Opisthopora
Family	Megascolecidae

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