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 Cryptodrilus ramosus monsagris Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Cryptodrilus ramosus monsagris - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus ramosus copiafluvis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Cryptodrilus ramosus copiafluvis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ralla Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:104. Amynthas rallus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus rallus Gates 1945 J.Roy.Asiatic Soc.Bengal.11:72. Plutellus rallus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rallida Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:106. Amynthas rallidus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rahuli Hasan, Ghosh & Mandal 2019 J Appl Zool Res 30:14 Perionyx rahuli ZSI An5725/1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolides raglani Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:31. Megascolides raglani - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta radula Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:21 Diporochaeta radula TPTM -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta racemosa Rosa 1891 Ann.Hoff.Wien 6:399. Pheretima racemosa - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex quintus Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:268. Megascolex quintus - -
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 Metapheretima quinqueremis Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):85. Metapheretima quinqueremis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas quinqueconvexus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1237 Amynthas quinqueconvexus - -
Megascolecidae Anisogaster quini Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisogaster quini - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quincunxia S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2004. 52(2):295. Pheretima quincunxia - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima queribunda Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:25. Metapheretima queribunda - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire quelparta valhalla Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):39 Metaphire quelparta valhalla NIBR-IV0000251099 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire quelparta seogwipo Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):38 Metaphire quelparta seogwipo NIBR-IV000261223 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quelparta Kobayashi 1937 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:347. Metaphire quelparta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta queenslandica Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:962. Amynthas queenslandicus - -
Megascolecidae Perissogaster queenslandica Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1529. Perissogaster queenslandica - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus queenslandica Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:41. Cryptodrilus queenslandica - -
Megascolecidae Nexogaster quaterni Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Nexogaster quaterni - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus quadruparus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus quadruparus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex quadripapillatus Narayanan & Paliwal 2024 Zootaxa 5424:570 Megascolex quadripapillatus ZSI/WGRC/I.R.INV.25142 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas quadripapillatus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:93. Metaphire quadripapillata - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis quadripapillata Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:331. Celeriella quadripapillata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas quadriorbis Shen & Chang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:1891 Amynthas quadriorbis TESRI-O-H-47 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quadrigemina Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:486. Metaphire quadrigemina - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas quadrapulvinatus Wu Jihua, et al 1997 Sichuan Journal of Zoology 16(1):3. Amynthas quadrapulvinatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta quadragenaria Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:122. Metaphire quadragenaria - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas qiongzhongensis Jiang & Zhao 2015 J Nat Hist 49:13 Amynthas qiongzhongensis C-HN022-02A -
Megascolecidae Megascolides pygmaeus Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1525. Megascolides pygmaeus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pygmaeus Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):255. Plutellus pygmaeus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas pyeongchangensis Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1250 Amynthas pyeongchangensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire puyuma Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.42 Metaphire puyuma - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella pusilla Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1289 Spenceriella pusilla - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus purpureus Michaelsen 1889 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.6:3. Cryptodrilus purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta purpurea Benham 1897 Ann.Nat.Hist.18:445. Amynthas purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella purpureus Jamieson 1973 Rec.Aust.Mus.28(11):215. Perionychella purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus purpureus Jamieson 1973 Rec.Austr.Mus.28:227. Vesiculodrilus purpureus - -
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 Megascolex purpurascens Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):214. Megascolex purpurascens - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pura Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:285. Pheretima pura - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas punicans Blakemore 2015 J. Spec. Res 4:11 Amynthas punicans NIBR-IV0000261322 -
Megascolecidae Megascolides punctatus Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:37. Megascolides punctatus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta punctata Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:277. Diporochaeta punctata - -
Megascolecidae Celeriella punctata Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450.Zool.313:489. Celeriella punctata - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pumilio Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:333. Megascolex pumilio - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella pumila Stephenson 1931 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1931:51. Woodwardiella pumila - -
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