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 darnleiensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:966. Pheretima darnleiensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus dartnalli Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):275. Gastrodrilus dartnalli - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dauli fanjinmontis Qui 1992 Sichuan J.Zool.11(1):1. Amynthas dauli fanjinmontis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta davallia Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:52. Diporochaeta davallia - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima davaoensis Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:370 Pheretima davaoensis NMP 4625 - PDF
Megascolecidae Plutellus davisi Macnab & McKey F. 1952 Washmann J.Biol.10:344. Nephrallaxis davisi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dawydovi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:517. Metaphire dawydovi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus decatheca Michaelsen 1910 Mitt.Mus.hanb.27(2):81. Plutellus decatheca - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus decathecus Altman 1936 Univ.Wash.Publ.Biol.4:72. Arctiostrotus altmani - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire decemtheca Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2021 Eur J Tax 746:103 Metaphire decemtheca CTU-EW.183.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta decimpapillata Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:71. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus decipiens Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:197. Cryptodrilus decipiens - -
Megascolecidae Tokea decipiens Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:241. Megascolides maoricus - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Pheretima decipiens Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:180. Metaphire decipiens - -
Megascolecidae Propheretima decipiens Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1021 Propheretima decipiens - -
Megascolecidae Aceeca dee Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aceeca dee - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima defecta Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:308. Amynthas defectus - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima deidrae Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):102. Metapheretima deidrae - -
Megascolecidae Amphimiximus delicans Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Amphimiximus delicans - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas demptus Qiu & Jiang 2019 Zootaxa 4664:392 Amynthas demptus YN201104-03A - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus dendrophagus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus dendrphagus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dendyi Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:12. Perionychella dendyi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta densipapillata Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:227. Metaphire densipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dentiformis Sun & Jiang 2018 Zootaxa 4496:293 Amynthas dentiformis C-YN201105-02A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas deogyusanensis Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):75. Amynthas deogyusanensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima deongangana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1325. Amynthas? deongangana - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx depressus Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:394. Perionyx depressus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex depressus Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):14. Notoscolex depressus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex depressus scutatus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:385. Tonoscolex depressus scutatus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta diadema Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p.8 Diporochaeta diadema - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas diaoluomontis Qiu & Sun 2009 Rev. Suisse Zool. 116: 290 Amynthas diaoluomontis MNS, MHNG -
Megascolecidae Megascolides diaphanus Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:32. Megascolides diaphanus - -
Megascolecidae Pseudocryptodrilus diaphanus Jamieson 1972 Zool.J.Linn.Soc.51:172. Pseudocryptodrilus diaphanus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dicksonia Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:16. Diporochaeta dicksonia - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dicystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Metaphire californica - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Pheretima diesmosi S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2004. 52(2):299. Pheretima diesmosi - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella difficilis Jamieson 1977 Rec.Aust.Mus.30:286. Spenceriella difficilis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex diffringens Baird 1869 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1869:40. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta digitata Benham 1896 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.18:430. Amynthas digitatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima digna Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.(B) 16:132. Amynthas dignus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dilatatus Qiu & Jiang 2015 J Nat Hist 49:7 Amynthas dilatatus C-HN012-03A -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dilwynnia Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:50. Perionychella dilwynnia - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dinagatensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):7 Pheretima dinagatensis NMA 4686 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dinagatensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):20 Amynthas dinagatensis NMA 4595 -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex dinephrus Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p. 20 Notoscolex pilus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dinganensis Qiu & Zhao 2013 Zootaxa 3619:385 Amynthas dinganensis SNM F-HN201116-04A -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dinghuensis Shen & Chih 2016 J Nat Hist 50:1902 Amynthas dinghuensis TESRI-O-H-50 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dinghumontis Zhang, W., Li, J., Fu, S., Qiu, J. 2006 Annales Zoologici 56(2): 249-254 Amynthas dinghumontis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella dioecia Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:910. Woodwardiella dioecia - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima directa Chen 1935 Bull.Fn.Mem.Inst.Biol.6:47. Amynthas directus - -
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