Superorder HAPLOTAXIDEA Jamieson, 1988
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Adrian M. Pinder
- Haplotaxidea Jamieson, B.G.M. 1988. On the phylogeny and higher classification of the Oligochaeta. Cladistics 4: 367-410 [396].
Introduction
Members of the Haplotaxidea are contained within two families: the Haplotaxidae and Tiguassidae, the latter with just one species (Tiguassu reginae) originally placed within the former and not found in Australia. These worms have been seen by some authors as containing descendants of the earliest lineage of oligochaetes.
Diagnosis
See Order Haplotaxida and Family Haplotaxidae
General References
Brinkhurst, R.O. 1984. The position of the Haplotaxidae in the evolution of oligochaete annelids. Hydrobiologia 115: 25-36