Gemascolex
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| Gemascolex | |
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| Gemascolex stirlingi at the Black Hill Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Gemascolex Edmonds & Jamieson, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Gemascolex newmani Edmonds & Jamieson, 1973 | |
| Species | |
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Gemascolex is a genus of annelid worms in the family Megascolecidae.
The genus Gemascolex and its type species Gemascolex newmani were described by Stanley Joe Edmonds and Barrie G. M. Jamieson in 1973.[1][2] The genus appears to be closely related to Anisochaeta and Spenceriella.[3]: 107, 157
