Diplocardia
Genus of annelid worms
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Diplocardia is a genus of North American (USA, Mexico) earthworms with 52-57 known species that is remarkably similar to Australian Diplotrema Spencer, 1900.
| Diplocardia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Suborder: | Lumbricina |
| Family: | Acanthodrilidae |
| Genus: | Diplocardia Garmon, 1888 |
| Species | |
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52+, see text | |
Species include Diplocardia pettiboneae (Gates 1977)[1] and Diplocardia longa (Moore 1904), with bioluminescent mucus.
The second largest earthworm in North America is Diplocardia meansi (Gates 1977) and is endemic to Rich Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains.[2]
