Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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Last updated 26. March, 2020

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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Hegesipyle hanno Kinberg 1867 Ofv.Akad.Fohr.23:101. Genus dubium - -
Megascolecidae Propheretima stephanieae Blakemore, R. J. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31/12/, December 1997: 1843. - -
Megascolecidae Sebastianus angus Blakemore, R. J. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31/12/, December 1997: 1806. - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire tanbode Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Metaphire tanbode LBM 1380000094 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima abdita Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):5. Metaphire abdita - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aberrans Cognetti 1911 Boll.Mus.Torino 26(641):2. Pheretima (Planapheretima) aberrans - -
Megascolecidae Isarogoscolex abidai S. W. James 2005 Systematics and Biodiversity 2(3):277. Isarogoscolex abidai - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx aborensis Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:392. Perionyx aborensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolecidae aborensis Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:384. Plutellus aborensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx aborensis heterochaetus Stephenson 1917 Rec.Ind.Mus.13:379. Perionyx aborensis heterochaetus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex acanthodriloides Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:235. Megascolex acanthodriloides - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella acanthodriloides Jamieson 1972 J.Zool.Lond.165:488. Woodwardiella acanthodriloides - -
Megascolecidae Pseudocryptodrilus acanthodriloides Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.26(4):298. Notoscolex acanthodriloides - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella acanthodrilus Jamieson 1971 J.Zool.Lond.165:471. Woodwardiella acanthodrilus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas accessorius Qiu & Zhao 2018 Zootaxa 4496:281 Amynthas accessorius HN201515-01A - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima acia Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):5 Pheretima acia NMA 4585 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima acidophila Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:111. Amynthas acidophilus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima acincta Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:16. Pheretima acincta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima phasela tamurai Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)13:411. Amynthas acinctus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas acinus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1248 Amynthas acinus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta acrophila Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:527. Amynthas acrophilus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aculeata Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:390. Amynthas aculeatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex adami Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:64. Megascolex adami - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus adecus Macnab & McKey F. 1959 Northwest Science 33:165. Toutellus adecus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima adevai Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:424 Pheretima adevai NMA 4524 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima adexilis Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):286. Amynthas? adexilis - -
Megascolecidae Graliophilus adsiduus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian Earthworms: CD-ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615 Canberra. Graliophilus adsiduus - -
Megascolecidae Arctiostrotus adunatus McKey et.al. 1994 Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(7):1327 Arctiostrotus adunatus - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster adya Blakemore 2016 Opusc Zool Budapest 47:25 Pleionogaster adya UPV S3 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta aeliana Rosa 1892 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)32:545. Amynthas aelianus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas aeruginosus Kinberg 1866 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:101. Amynthas aeruginosus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta oeriginosa Beddard 1891 Proc.Phys.Soc.Edinb.10:278. Amynthas aeruginosus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta affinis Perrier 1872 Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.8:106. Metaphire affinis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex affinis Beddard 1883 Ann.Nat.Hist.12:214. Megascolex affinis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia affinis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):191. Woodwardiella affinis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella magna Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:103. Woodwardiella affinis - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Plutellus affinis Stephenson 1932 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:904. Plutellus affinis - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima agathis Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):549. Metapheretima agathis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aggera Kobayashi 1934 J.Chosen.Nat.Hist.Soc.19:7. Metaphire aggera - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima agilis Michaelsen 1923 Ark.Zool.15(14):2. Amynthas agilis - -
Megascolecidae Propheretima agilis Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1015 Propheretima agilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta agrestis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3(1):17. Amynthas agrestis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima striata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.53 Amynthas agrestis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima aguinaldoi Hong & James 2010 Zool. Studies 49(4): 525 Pheretima aguinaldoi NMA 4337 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aimerikiensis Ohfuchi 1941 Palao.Trop.Biol.Stu.Stud.Tokyo 2:302. Pheretima aimerikiensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ajax Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 160 Notoscolex ajax BMNH 419-3 -
Megascolecidae Perionyx alatus Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:212. Perionyx alatus - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta alba Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta alba - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alba S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):304. Pheretima alba - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima alba Nguyen 2016 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 38:444 Polypheretima alba CTU-EW.101.h01 - PDF
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