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 Megascolex annulatus Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:195. Polypheretima elongata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hasselti Horst 1885 Midden.Sumatra 4:5. Planapheretima hasselti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ceylonica Beddard 1886 Ann.Nat.Hist.17:89. Megascolex ceylonicus - Michaelsen 1900:228
Megascolecidae Perionyx macintoshii Beddard 1886 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1883) XII.p.217. Perionyx macintoshii - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta horsti Beddard 1886 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:300. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster horsti Beddard 1886 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:300. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ungulata Bell 1886 Zool.Rec.22:21. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta peregrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:969. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta queenslandica Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:962. Amynthas queenslandicus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus rusticus Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:570. Cryptodrilus rusticus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus saccarius Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:951. Cryptodrilus saccarius - -
Megascolecidae Didymogaster sylvaticus Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:554. Didymogaster sylvaticus - -
Megascolecidae Digaster armifera Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:947. Digaster armifera - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tenax Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales (2)1:953. Megascolex tenax - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex camdenensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:456. Notoscolex camdenensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta austrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:956. Spenceriella austrina - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barronensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:960. Terrisswalkerius barronensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta coxii Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:565. Anisochaeta coxii - Blakemore 2000:3
Megascolecidae Perichaeta gracilis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:958. Anisochaeta gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta darnleiensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:966. Pheretima darnleiensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta upoluensis Beddard 1887 proc.Roy.Soc.Edinb.14:174. Amynthas upoluensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus fletcheri Beddard 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:544. Cryptodrilus fletcheri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta newcombei Beddard 1887 Proc.Roy.Soc.Edinb.14:170. Propheretima newcombei - Blakemore 2000:38
Megascolecidae Perichaeta mirabilis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:669. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bivaginata Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:666. Lampito mauritii - Stephenson 1923:258
Megascolecidae Perichaeta burliarensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:667. Amynthas rodericensis - Michaelsen 1910:11
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hulikalensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:668. Megascolex spec. Inc. Sed. - Stephenson 1923:290
Megascolecidae Perichaeta lawsoni Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:664. Megascolex lawsoni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta salettensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:669. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perionyx saltans Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:669. Perionyx saltans - -
Megascolecidae Pleurochaeta gracilis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:666. Pleurochaeta gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus mediterreus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:614. Cryptodrilus mediterreus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus rubens Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:381. Cryptodrilus rubens - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex gippslandicus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:456. Notoscolex gippslandicus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex grandis Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:551. Notoscolex grandis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex tuberculatus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:611. Notoscolex tuberculatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta canaliculata Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:391. Terrisswalkerius canaliculatua - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dorsalis Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:618. Gemascolex dorsalis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta exigna murrayana Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:239. Anisochaeta murrayana - Blakemore 2000:3
Megascolecidae Perichaeta exigua Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:387. Anisochaeta exigua - Blakemore 2000:3
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fecunda Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:401. Spenceriella fecunda - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hamiltoni Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:399. Spenceriella hamiltoni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta monticola Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:390. Spenceriella monticola - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta raymondiana Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:398. Spenceriella raymondiana - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta stirlingi Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:395. Gemascolex stirlingi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta wilsoniana Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:400. Spenceriella wilsoniana - -
Megascolecidae Perissogaster excavata Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:383. Perissogaster excavata - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex tasmanianus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:607. Vesiculodrilus tasmanianus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta novae-zelandiae Beddard 1888 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:434. Diporochaeta intermedia - Blakemore 2012:130
Megascolecidae Perichaeta feae Rosa 1888 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)26:161. Amynthas feae - -
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