Opisthopora | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Oligochaeta |
Superorder: | Metagynophora |
Order: |
Opisthopora Michaelsen, 1930 |
Opisthopora is an order of mostly terrestrial worms. [1] [2]
It is an order of the subclass Oligochaeta, which is distinguished by meganephridiostomal, male pores which open posteriorly to the last testicular segment. [3] It includes the megadrile families of the mostly terrestrial true earthworms. [1] There are currently eight known families. [1]
Opisthopora | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Oligochaeta |
Superorder: | Metagynophora |
Order: |
Opisthopora Michaelsen, 1930 |
Opisthopora is an order of mostly terrestrial worms. [1] [2]
It is an order of the subclass Oligochaeta, which is distinguished by meganephridiostomal, male pores which open posteriorly to the last testicular segment. [3] It includes the megadrile families of the mostly terrestrial true earthworms. [1] There are currently eight known families. [1]