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 Notoscolex prestonianus Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):201. Notoscolex prestonianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima prava Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:90. Metaphire prava - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pratensis Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:363. Plutellus pratensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides prashadi Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:202. Barogaster prashadi - -
Megascolecidae Graliophilus praestringor Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian Earthworms: CD-ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615 Canberra. Graliophilus praestringor - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima praepinguis Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):15. Metaphire praepinguis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta pounamu Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:19 Diporochaeta pounamu TPTM -
Megascolecidae Pheretima potonganensis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:428 Pheretima potonganensis NMA 4526 -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta posthuma Vaillant 1868 Mem.Acad.Montpell.7:146. Metaphire posthuma - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta portusarturi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta portusarturi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima porrecta Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:444. Amynthas porrectus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex porphyrozonus Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:337. Megascolex porphyrozonus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas poropapillatus Nguyen, Lam, Trinh & Nguyen 2020 ZooKeys 932:20 Amynthas poropapillatus CTU-EW.190.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ponmudianus nanus Michaelsen 1914 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.30(2):83. Notoscolex ponmudianus nanus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ponmudianus Michaelsen 1914 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.30(2):79. Notoscolex ponmudianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pongchii Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:279. Amynthas pongchii - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus ponga Blakemore 2011 ZooKeys 160: 30 Aporodrilus ponga AMNZ 5255 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pomella Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):14. Amynthas pomellus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polytoreuta Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A.(3):27. Amynthas polytoreutus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas polythecus Beddard 1900 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1900:897. Polypheretima polytheca - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex polytheca zonatus Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:90. Megascolex polytheca zonatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex polytheca uniquus Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:71. Megascolex polytheca uniquus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polytheca aruensis Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.33:252. Polypheretima bifaria - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex polytheca Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:89. Megascolex polytheca - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus polynephricus urethrae Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):288. Aporodrilus urethrae - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus polynephricus Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:35. Cryptodrilus polynephricus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polyglandularis Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:30. Amynthas polyglandularis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polychaetifera Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1317. Amynthas? polychaetifera - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus pollex Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus pollex - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx pokhrianus affinis Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:210. Perionyx pokhrianus affinis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx pokhrianus Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:208. Perionyx pokhrianus pokhrianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima poiana Michaelsen 1913 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.30(2):88. Pheretima poiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pluviosa Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:300. Pheretima (Planapheretima) pluviosa - -
Megascolecidae Arctiostrotus pluvialis McKey et.al. 1994 Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(7):1332. Arctiostrotus pluvialis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta plutelloides Jamieson 1977 Rec.Aust.Mus.30:274. Diporochaeta plutelloides - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima plumatomusculata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):829. Planapheretima plumatomusculata - Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Retrovescus plomleyi Blakemore, R. 1998 Invertebrate Taxonomy 12/4/ 1998:656. Retrovescus plomley - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima plesiophora Qui 1988 Sichuan J.Zool.7(1):1. Pheretima plesiophora - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex plenus Gates 1945 Spol.Zeylanica 24:73. Notoscolex plenus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima platycorpa Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):821. Amynthas? platycorpa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima plantoporophorata Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):287. Amynthas? plantoporophorata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima plantopapillata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):819. Amynthas? plantopapillata - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire planatoides Nguyen, Nam, Lam & Nguyen 2020 Raffles Bull Zool 68:228 Metaphire planatoides CTU-EW.171.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima planata Gates 1926 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(9)17:441./212. Metaphire planata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas piyakarnae Hong & James 2024 Zootaxa 5405:278 Amynthas piyakarnae BDNUL 0060 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima pinguis Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:319. Amynthas pinguis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pingi chungkingensis Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:274. Amynthas pingi chungkingensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pingi Stephenson 1925 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1925:891. Amynthas pingi - Blakemore 2012: 40
Megascolecidae Perionyx pincerna Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:319. Perionyx pincerna - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex pilus Blakemore, R. J. et al 1997 Journal of Natural History 31/11/, November 1997:1701. Notoscolex pilus - -
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