Amynthas tokioensis

{{Short description|Species of earthworm}}

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| taxon = Amynthas tokioensis

| authority = (Beddard, 1892)

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Amynthas tokioensis, the Asian jumping worm, is a species of earthworm in the family Megascolecidae. It is native to Japan and the Korean Peninsula. It is an invasive species in North America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/invasive-jumping-worms-damage-soil-threaten-forests|title=Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. Soil and threaten forests|date=29 September 2020}}{{Cite journal|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-017-1607-x|doi = 10.1007/s10530-017-1607-x|title = Co-invasion of three Asian earthworms, Metaphire hilgendorfi, Amynthas agrestis and Amynthas tokioensis in the USA|year = 2018|last1 = Chang|first1 = Chih-Han|last2 = Johnston|first2 = Marie R.|last3 = Görres|first3 = Josef H.|last4 = Dávalos|first4 = Andrea|last5 = McHugh|first5 = Damhnait|last6 = Szlavecz|first6 = Katalin|journal = Biological Invasions|volume = 20|issue = 4|pages = 843–848|s2cid = 4518705|url-access = subscription}}

These worms engage in parthenogenetic reproduction."[http://chihhanchang.weebly.com/uploads/8/8/9/6/88966966/id_agrestis_hilgendorfi_tokioensis.pdf A guide to identifying the Asian earthworms Amynthas agrestis, Amynthas tokioensis, and Metaphire hilgendorfi]" by Chih-Han Chang. Extracted from Asian pheretimoid earthworms in North America north of Mexico: An illustrated key to the genera Amynthas, Metaphire, Pithemera, and Polypheretima by C.-H. Chang and B. Snyder and K. Szlavecz. Zootaxa 4179 (3), 495–529. 2016. Accessed August 20, 2021.