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 sarawacensis Beddard & Fedarb 1895 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6)16:69. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barami Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:203. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri bonensis Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:45. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri klabatensis Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:46. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri seriatus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16(1):44. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima stelleri koroensis Michaelsen 1910 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.27:109. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima stelleri mahakkami Michaelsen 1922 Capita.Zool.1(3):25. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beranensis Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A (3):23. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baritoensis Michaelsen 1932 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.8(32):9. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beranensis tinjarana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:25. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima excalaberi Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):104. Metapheretima excalaberi - -
Megascolecidae Perissogaster excavata Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:383. Perissogaster excavata - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx excavatus Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:126. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx gruenewaldi Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:33. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx koboensis Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:391. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx fulvus Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:322. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx turaensis Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:216. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta exigua Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:387. Anisochaeta exigua - Blakemore 2000:3
Megascolecidae Pheretima exigua taybacana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(4):616. Amynthas? exigua taybacana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima minuta Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):18. Amynthas exiguus - Gates 1930
Megascolecidae Pheretima exigua Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:310. Amynthas exiguus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas exiguus aquilonius Tsai, Shen, Tsai 2001 Zool. Stud., 40(4): 277. Amynthas exiguus aquilonius - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exigna austrina Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:514. Amynthas exiguus austrinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exilis Gates 1935 Smithsonian Misc.Coll.93(3):7. Metaphire exilis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus exilis Gates 1945 Proc.Ind.Acad.Sci.(B) 21(4):224. Plutellus exilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exilisaria Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):286. Amynthas? exilisaria - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exilisaria ngheanae Do 1994 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1):23. Thang 3. Amynthas exilisarius ngheanae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exiloides Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:280. Metaphire exiloides - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire extraopapillae Wang & Qiu 2005 J. Shanghai Jiao. Univ. 23: 28 Metaphire extraopapillae - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus fenderi exutus Macnab & McKey F. 1958 Northwest Science 32:107. Plutellus exutus - -
Megascolecidae Hickmaniella faba Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Hickmaniella faba - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima faceta Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:422. Amynthas facetus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fakfakensis Cognetti 1908 Boll.Mus.Torino 23(584):1. Polypheretima fakfakensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta falcata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus. 15:316. Metaphire falcata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima falcipapillata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):826. Amynthas? falcipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fangi Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) (4)11:275. Metaphire fangi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex fardyi Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:46. Megascolex fardyi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fasciata Rosa 1892 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)32:543. Metaphire fasciata - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus fasciatus Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:988. Cryptodrilus fasciatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fasciculus Qui et al 1993 Acta Zootax.Sin.18(4):407. Amynthas fasciculus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fasciiformis Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):89. Amynthas fasciiformis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus fastigatus Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1541. Cryptodrilus fastigatus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta faucium Michaelsen 1907 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19(5):7. Diporochaeta faucium - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx faucium Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):46. Perionyx faucium - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta feae Rosa 1888 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)26:161. Amynthas feae - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas feakinsi Hong 2019 JAPB 12:354 Amynthas feakinsi BDNUL0058 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fecunda Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:401. Spenceriella fecunda - -
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 Amynthas ailiaoensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1020. Amynthas feijani - Chang & Chen 2008
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