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 Perichaeta albida Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:237. Spenceriella tenax - Jamieson 1965
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoeotrocha Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546 Amynthas omtrekensis - invalid emendation
Megascolecidae Amynthas huangi S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1014. Metaphire houlleti - https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2133.1.3
Megascolecidae Pheretima bigibberosa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.40 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima bimaculata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.42 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima confusa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.116 Amynthas corticis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima conjugata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.34 Amynthas koreanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima florea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.52 Metaphire communissima - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima hiberna Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.233 Amynthas hibernus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima imperfecta Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.229 Amynthas imperfectus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima okutamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.38 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima purpurata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.42 Amynthas purpuratus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima quintana Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.239 Amynthas quintanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvatica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.46 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima stipata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.236 Amynthas stipatus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
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 surcata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.48 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Notoscolex conversus Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:231. Tonoscolex conversus - Gates 1972
Megascolecidae Pheretima helvola Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:100. Metaphire honbaensis - Gates 1941:1
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:534. Amynthas malacus - Gates 1936 nom nov
Megascolecidae Pheretima minuta Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):18. Amynthas exiguus - Gates 1930
Megascolecidae Metaphire yuanpowa Chang and Chen 2005 J. Nat. Hist., 39: 1470. Metaphire trutina - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas ailiaoensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1020. Amynthas feijani - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas chaishanensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1021. Metaphire formosae - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas hengchunensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1015. Metaphire paiwanna hengchunensis - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas kaopingensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1017. Metaphire paiwanna paiwanna - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Metaphire bununa glareosus Tsai, Tsai & Liaw 2000 J. Nat. Hist. 34: 1738 Metaphire glareosa - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dicystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Metaphire californica - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tricystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Amynthas gracilis - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Pheretima kollikeri Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A(2):8. Manus koellikeri - Blakemore, 2010
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialis Gates 1939 J.Thailand Res.Soc.12:89. Amynthas mekongianus - Blakemore et al 207:21
Megascolecidae Amynthas glaucus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:27 Metaphire glauca RUMF-ZO-00018 Blakemore 2022:100 PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucurbitae Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:29 Amynthas cucurbita RUMF-ZO- 00021 Blakemore 2020 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima mangophila Nguyen 2011 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 33(1):24 Metaphire mangophila ZBDCT-EWh017 Blakemore 2016
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dyeri Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:157. Amynthas rodericensis - Blakemore 2014:120
Megascolecidae Hypogaeon orthostichon Schmarda, 1861 Neue wirbellose Tiere, vol. 1. p. 12 Tokea orthostichon - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Megascolex antarctica Baird 1873 J.Linn.Soc.11:96. Anisochaeta antarctica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Tokea maorica Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:252. Tokea maorica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella magna Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:103. Woodwardiella affinis - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius leichhardti Jamieson, McDonald & James 2013 Mem Queensl Mus 58:17 Perionychella leichhardti QM G231053 Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Amynthas fuscus Qiu & Sun 2012 Zootaxa 3458: 152 Amynthas fuscus C-HN012-01A Blakemore 2013:117, Shen 2018 PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas montanus Qiu & Sun 2012 Zootaxa 3458: 154 Amynthas zhuya C-HN032-04 Blakemore 2013:117
Megascolecidae Pheretima yamizoyamensis Ohfuchi 1935 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)10:413. Amynthas yamizoyamensis - Blakemore 2012:145
Megascolecidae Perichaeta micronaria Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:74. Amynthas micronarius NMST An446 Neotype Blakemore 2012:140
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonsilvestris Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas micronarius nom. nov. pro Pheretima silvestris Ishizuka, 2000 Blakemore 2012:139
Megascolecidae Pheretima hypogaea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.235 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima elliptica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.237 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima tamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.231 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima verticosa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.50 Amynthas tokioensis - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima edoensis Ishizuka , Shishik 2000 Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 35: 1-18. Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
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