''Diplocardia'' is a genus of North American (USA, Mexico) earthworms with 52-57 known species that is remarkably similar to Australian
''Diplotrema'' Spencer, 1900.
Species include ''
Diplocardia pettiboneae'' (Gates 1977) 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
The Ouachita Mountains (), simply referred to as the Ouachitas, are a mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed Paleozoic strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thru ...
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References
* Blakemore, R.J. (2005). American earthworms from north of the Rio Grande - a species checklist. COE, YNU. Retrieved on 10 May 200
* Blakemore, R.J. (2006). American earthworms from north of the Rio Grande - a species checklist (2nd edition). COE, YNU. Retrieved on 13th Dec, 200
* James, S.W. (1995). Systematics, biogeography and ecology of earthworms from eastern, central, southern and southwestern USA. in P. Hendrix (ed.) Earthworm Ecology and Biogeography in North America, pp. 29–51. CRC Press, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida. Retrieved on 4th Mar, 2008 fro
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