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Amynthas carnosus   (Goto and Hatai, 1899)

Taxonomy
Family: Megascolecidae     Genus: Amynthas
Synonyms: Perichaeta carnosa Goto and Haitai, 1899: 15. Pheretima pingi Stephenson, 1925: 891; Sims and Easton 1972: 235; Blakemore 2013: 112. Pheretima carnosa Kobayashi 1936: 115. Amynthas carnosus Sims and Easton 1972: 235. Blakemore 2012: 36; 2013: 58. Carrera-Martinez and Snyder 2016: 297. Infraspecific taxons: Amynthas carnosus carnosus (Goto and Hatai, 1899) Amynthas carnosus monstriferus (Kobayashi, 1936) Amynthas carnosus naribunji (Blakemore, 2013) Amynthas carnosus roki (Blakemore and Lee, 2013) ► See also NCBI database
Amynthas pingi (Stephenson, 1925) is considered to be a synonym of Amynthas carnosus (Goto and Hatai, 1899) and globally, the taxonomy of the Amynthas carnosus species complex remains unclear according to Blakemore, 2013b.

Short description
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Distribution
Geographical origin: Eastern Asia. Distribution status: Invasive General comment: Discovered for the first time in the Western hemisphere (United States) in 2016 (Carrera-Martinez and Snyder, 2016). Present in: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, ► See also distribution references

Biology-Ecology
Ecological category: N/A Climatic zone: Tropical, Sub-tropical Habitat: N/A Micro-habitat: N/A

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