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 Megascolides duodecimalis Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:65. Travoscolides duodecimalis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx (Diporochaeta) duodecimalis Michaelsen 1924 Vid.Meddel.Nat.Foren.75:229. Diporochaeta duodecimalis - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis ditheca Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:332. Celeriella ditheca - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis quadripapillata Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:331. Celeriella quadripapillata - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis regularis Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:330. Celeriella regularis - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis typica Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:330. Spenceriella duodecimalis typica - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p. 101 Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex duplex Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex duplex - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima duplicoeca Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):822. Amynthas? duplicoeca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dura Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.107 Amynthas fuscatus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Metapheretima durendali Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):104. Metapheretima durendali - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dyeri Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:157. Amynthas rodericensis - Blakemore 2014:120
Megascolecidae Digaster eastoni Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p. 218 Digaster eastoni - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta eastoni Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.152 Anisochaeta eastoni - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eastoni Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):83. Amynthas eastoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima edita Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.(B) 16:94. Amynthas editus - -
Megascolecidae Heteroporodrilus editus Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p.204 Heteroporodrilus editus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima edoensis Ishizuka , Shishik 2000 Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 35: 1-18. Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Amynthas edwardsi Zhao and Qiu 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(17-18): 1038. Amynthas edwardsi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima effeminata rimosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:537. Amynthas effeminatus rimosus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx egmonti Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:43. Perionyx egmonti - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides eiseni F.Smith 1937 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):171. Driloleirus eiseni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) elberti Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:175. Polypheretima elberti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima eldoni Gates 1975 Megadrilogica 2(1):5. Pithemera eldoni - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eleganis Qui & Whang 1992 Acta Zootax.Sin.17(3):262. Amynthas eleganis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eleganis Qiu & Wang H 1992 Acta Zootax Sin 17:262 Amynthas eleganus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eleganus Qiu, Wang H & Wang W 1991 Guizhou Science 9:220 Amynthas eleganus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas elenabondae Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:249 Amynthas elenabondae BDNUL0053 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima elliptica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.237 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima ellipticus Ishizuka 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology) p.237 Amynthas ellipticus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus ellisii Spencer 1895 Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 7:42. Graliophilus ellisii - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus ellissii Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:42. Cryptodrilus ellissii - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas elnidoensis Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:780 Amynthas elnidoensis WPU-A02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta elongata Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:124. Polypheretima elongata MHNP AE 633-646, -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima elongatoides Fahri & Nguyen 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:563 Polypheretima elongatoides MZB Oli. 0059 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metapheretima elrondi Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):93. Metapheretima elrondi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eltoni Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):546. Amynthas eltoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima eluta Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:99. Amynthas elutus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus emu Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus emu - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima enchytraeoides Michaelsen 1916 Ark.Zool.10(9):33. Amynthas minimus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas endophilus Zhao & Qiu 2013 J Nat Hist 47:2176 Amynthas endophilus SNM C-HN201011-03 -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta enganensis Rosa 1892 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)32:547 Amynthas enganensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta enganensis tetra Rosa 1892 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)32:548. Amynthas enganensis tetrus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima enkyokuanus Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Res.Tokyo 19-21:60. Amynthas enkyokuanus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta enormis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales (2)3:1555. Anisochaeta enormis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima enormis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):8 Pheretima enormis NMA 4587 -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus enteronephricus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):277. Aporodrilus enteronephricus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta eoa Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:528. Pheretima eoa - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex equestris Benham 1942 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.72:220. Aporodrilus equestris - Blakemore 2011
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