Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima formosae Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):39. Metaphire formosae -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fornicata Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):9. Amynthas fornicatus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire fortuita Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:225 Metaphire fortuita HN201506-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perionyx fossus Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:214. Perionyx fossus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fovella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:21. Metaphire fovella - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx foveolatus Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:396. Perionyx foveolatus - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera fragumae Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 346 Pithemera fragumae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima freesei Ude 1924 Zool.Anz.61:85. Amynthas freesei - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus frenchi Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:135. Cryptodrilus frenchi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta frenchii Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:9. Spenceriella frenchii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Planapheretima) frondicola Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:17. Planapheretima frondicola - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta frosti Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:20. Trichaeta frosti - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta frosti Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:62. Diporochaeta frosti - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima fruticosa Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 349 Polypheretima fruticosa - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fucatus Zhao & Jiang 2013 J Nat Hist 47:2185 Amynthas fucatus SNM C-HN201114-01Z -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fucosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:526. Amynthas fucosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fulva Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.21 Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx fulvus Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:322. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fungina Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:389. Amynthas funginus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex funis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:210. Megascolex funis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fuscata Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:66. Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex fuscus Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh .52(13):24. Megascolex fuscus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides fuscus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:32. Megascolides fuscus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fuscus Qiu & Sun 2012 Zootaxa 3458: 152 Amynthas fuscus C-HN012-01A Blakemore 2013:117, Shen 2018 PDF
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus fuscus fuscus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus fuscus fuscus - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus fuscus violaceus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus fuscus violaceus - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera fusiformis Hong & James 2011 Raffles Bull. Zool. 59: 25 Pithemera fusiformis NMA 4390, KUNHM, NIBR, ZRC -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fusing Wang & Shih 2017 Zool Stud 56(18):4 Amynthas fusing NCHUZOOL 13542 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas gageodo Blakemore, Park, Seo 2012 Zootaxa 3368: 256 Amynthas gageodo NIBR IV0000245037 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex galei Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):223. Megascolex galei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima gamay Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:367 Pheretima gamay NMP 4621 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima garama Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:8. Metapheretima carolinensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus garloughi F.Smith 1937 Proc.V.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):175. Argilophilus garloughi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima gastrizusa Michaelsen 1928 Treubia 10:292. Amynthas gastrizusus - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima gatesi Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):62. Polypheretima gatesi - -
Megascolecidae Begemius gavini Easton 1982 Aust.J.Zool.30:717. Begemius gavini - -
Megascolecidae Digaster gayndahensis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:67. Digaster gayndahensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex geevestoni Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex geevestoni - -
Megascolecidae Gemascolex gelasinus Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.636. Gemascolex gelasinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima gemella Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:379. Metaphire gemella - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima gemella quadripora Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:523. Pheretima gemella quadripora - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus geminatus Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:418. Plutellus geminatus - -
Megascolecidae Gastrodrilus gen nov Blakemore, R. 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p5 Gastrodrilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Hypolimnus gen nov Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p. 4 Hypolimnus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus gen nov Blakemore, R. 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p.4 Aporodrilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Haereodrilus gen nov Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.735 Haereodrlius gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Araucaridrilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.172 Araucaridrilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Arthuridrilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.176 Arthuridrilus gen nov. - -
Megascolecidae Geofdyneia gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.667. Geofdyneia gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Healesvillea gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p. 741 Healesvillea gen nov - -
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