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 Digaster brunneus Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:66. Digaster brunneus - -
Megascolecidae Digaster gayndahensis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:67. Digaster gayndahensis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta davallia Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:52. Diporochaeta davallia - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta euzona Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:55. Diporochaeta euzona - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta frosti Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:62. Diporochaeta frosti - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta lindti Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:54. Diporochaeta lindti - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta manni Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:60. Diporochaeta manni - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta nemoralis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:59. Diporochaeta nemoralis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta notabilis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:57. Diporochaeta notabilis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta richardi Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:58. Diporochaeta richardi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex andersoni Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:44. Megascolex andersoni - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex fardyi Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:46. Megascolex fardyi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex larpentensis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:45. Megascolex larpentensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex lobulatus Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:49. Megascolex lobulatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pritchardi Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:47. Megascolex pritchardi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex tisdalli Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:36. Megascolides tisdalli - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides diaphanus Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:32. Megascolides diaphanus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides eucalypti Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:35. Megascolides eucalypti - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides warragulensis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:38. Megascolides warragulensis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta aquatica Benham 1903 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.2:226. Diporochaeta aquatica - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex laingii Benham 1903 Trans.N.Z.Inst.35:273. Megascolex laingii - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus lacustris Benham 1903 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1903:228. Plutellus lacustris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dunckeri Michaelsen 1903 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.19:9. Metaphire dunckeri - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus uzeli Michaelsen 1903 SB.Bohm.Ges.15:4. Plutellus uzeli - -
Megascolecidae Tokea esculenta Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:240. Tokea esculenta - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea huttoni Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:248. Tokea huttoni - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea kirki Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:251. Tokea kirki - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea maorica Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:252. Tokea maorica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Tokea suteri Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:250. Tokea suteri - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea urewerae Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:246. Tokea urewerae - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta profuga Cognetti 1904 Boll.Mus.Torino 19(474):4. Diporochaeta profuga - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx ceylanensis Michaelsen 1904 SB Bohm.Ges.40:6. Perionyx ceylanensis - -
Megascolecidae Trinephrus kraepelini Michaelsen 1904 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.21:128. Trinephrus kraepelini - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus mendilai Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):177. Plutellus mendilai - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus murrayensis Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):175. Plutellus murrayensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus schümanni Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):181. Plutellus schümanni - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus strelitzi Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):168. Plutellus strelitzi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus termitophilus Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):164. Plutellus termitophilus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus wellingtonianus Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):167. Plutellus wellingtonianus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus woodwardi Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):171. Plutellus woodwardi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lauta Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:429. Amynthas lautus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima helvola Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.82:429. Metapheretima neoguinensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex reptans Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:400. Megascolides reptans - Michaelsen 1907
Megascolecidae Notoscolex unipapillatus Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:402. megascolides unipapillatus - Michaelsen 1916
Megascolecidae Pheretima bipapillata Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.82:429. Pithemera pacifica - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dahli Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.82:444. Pithemera dahli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hahli Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.82:437. Pheretima hahli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sedgwicki ablata Ude 1905 Zeitschr.wiss.Zool.83:451. Pithemera godeffroyi - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta gigantea Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:251. Celeriella gigantea - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta shakespeari Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:254. Celeriella antarctica - Lee 1962
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