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 fecunda Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1007. Spenceriella fecunda - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire feijani Chang and Chen 2004 Taiwania, 49(4): 219. Metaphire feijani - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus fenderi Macnab 1958 Northwest Sci.32:103. Chetcodrilus fenderi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus fenderi exutus Macnab & McKey F. 1958 Northwest Science 32:107. Plutellus exutus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fenestrus Shen, Tsai & Tsai 2003 Zool Stud 42:487 Amynthas fenestrus TERSI-1999-24-Shen - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ferdinandi Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:38. Metaphire ferdinandi - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex ferinus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:487. Tonoscolex ferinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ferion Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:289. Metaphire ferion - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima festiva Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):37. Amynthas festivus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx festivus Gates 1945 Proc.Ind.Acad.Sci.(B)21(4):227. Perionyx festivus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima feuerborni Michaelsen 1932 Arch.Hydrobiol.9:605. Metaphire feuerborni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fibula Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:159. Amynthas fibulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fibula ranuncula Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:159. Amynthas fibulus ranunculus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fibula typica Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:159. Pheretima fibula typica - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus fictilis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus fictilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fida Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):259. Polypheretima fida - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fielderi Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:19. Trichaeta fielderi - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Megascolex filiciseta Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:94. Megascolex filiciseta - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus fingal Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus fingal - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fissigerus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:67. Amynthas fissigerus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flabellifera Cognetti 1911 Boll.Mus.Torino 26:2. Pheretima flabellifera - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flavarundoida Chen 1935 Bull.Fan.Mem.Inst.Biol.6:51. Metaphire flavarundoida - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flavellana Gates 1938 Bull.Raffles Mus.14:238. Metaphire flavellana - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta flavescens Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:72. Amynthas flavescens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flavida Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.16 Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fleischmani Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:246 Amynthas fleischmani BDNUL0047 - PDF
Megascolecidae Polypheretima fleischmani Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:770 Polypheretima fleischmani MSUN-A009 - PDF
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus fletcheri Beddard 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:544. Cryptodrilus fletcheri - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex fletcheri Michaelsen 1907 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19(5):21. Megascolex fletcheri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flexilis Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):7. Amynthas flexilis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas flexuosus Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:224 Amynthas flexuosus HN201505-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Caecadrilus flindersi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Caecadrilus flindersi - -
Megascolecidae Gemascolex flindersi Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.632. Gemascolex flindersi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flocellana Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:15. Metaphire flocellana - -
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 floresi Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:360 Pheretima floresi NMP 4617 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima floresiana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:108. Metaphire floresiana - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta floris Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta floris - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta floweri Benham 1897 J.Linn.Soc.26:217. Pheretima floweri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flustrella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:19. Amynthas flustrellus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialis Gates 1939 J.Thailand Res.Soc.12:89. Amynthas mekongianus - Blakemore et al 207:21
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialoides Huynh Thi Kim Hoi 1998 Tap chi Sinh Hoc, 1998. 20(1):10-11. Metaphire fluvialoides - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fluviatilis Zhao & Sun 2013 J Nat Hist 47:2183 Amynthas fluviatilis SNM C-HN014-01 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluxa Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:133. Amynthas fluxus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fokiensis Michaelsen 1931 Zool.Jb.Syst.61:574. Amynthas fokiensis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus fonsager Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus fonsager - -
Megascolecidae Arctiostrotus fontinalis McKey et.al. 1994 Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(7):1329. Arctiostrotus fontinalis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides fontis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides fontis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta forbesi Beddard 1890 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1890:65. Amynthas forbesi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fordi Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:40. Metaphire fordi - -
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