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 Spenceriella pilularis Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1287 Spenceriella pilularis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides pilatus Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:68. Travoscolides pilatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pictus Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):246. Archipheretima picta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima picteti Rosa 1901 Rev.Suisse Zool.9:133. Amynthas picteti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pickfordi Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel.Is.2:18. Metapheretima pickfordi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas piagolensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108/1/:67. Amynthas piagolensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas phuquocensis Nguyen, Lam, Trinh & Nguyen 2020 ZooKeys 932:17 Amynthas phuquocensis CTU-EW.188.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas phucheefah Bantaowong & Panha 2014 Raffles Bull Zool 62:662 Amynthas phucheefah CUMZ 3306 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas phlilippinensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2004 Revue Suisse De Zoologie 111(4):733. Amynthas phlilippinensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas phimpheti Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:242 Amynthas phimpheti BDNUL0035 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pithemera philippinensis James, S.W., Hong, Y., Kim,T.H. 2004 Rev.suisse Zool. 111(1):5 Pithemera philippinensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima philippina victorias Blakemore 2016 Opusc Zool Budapest 47:20 Pheretima philippina victorias UPV P1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima philippina lipa Blakemore 2016 Opusc Zool Budapest 47:19 Pheretima philippina lipa UPV S24 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta philippina Rosa 1891 Ann.Mus.Wien.6:397. Pheretima philippina philippina - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pheretima Michaelsen 1926 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.38:66. Megascolex pheretima - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta pheretima Jamieson 1973 Rec.Aust.Mus.28(11):217. Diporochaeta pheretima - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas phatubensis Panha & Bantaowong 2011 Zookeys 90: 40 Amynthas phatubensis CUMZ 3204 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex phaseolus Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:93. Megascolex phaseolus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima phaselus Hatai 1930 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)5:659. Amynthas phaselus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima phasela tamurai Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)13:411. Amynthas acinctus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pharetratus Rosa 1894 Atti.Acad.Torino 29:3. Megascolex pharetratus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx phalacrus typica Michaelsen 1916 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):14. Terrisswalkerius phalacrus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx phalacrus atavia Michaelsen 1916 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):16. Terrisswalkerius atavius - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas phacellotheca Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:47. Polypheretima phacellotheca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima petahana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:102. Metapheretima petahana - -
Megascolecidae Digaster perrieri Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1530. Digaster perrieri - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus perrieri Benham 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:138. Plutellus perrieri - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima perlucidula Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 350 Polypheretima perlucidula - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta perkinsi Beddard 1896 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1896:198. Amynthas perkinsi - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta perionychopsis Benham 1909 Subant.Is.N.Z.1:286. Diporochaeta perionychopsis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas perichaeta Beddard 1900 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1900:896. Metaphire perichaeta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima perelae Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):827. Amynthas? perelae - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus peregrinus Cernosvitov 1934 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(2)6:48. Plutellus peregrinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima peregrina v. papillosa Tzelepis 1943 Simvoli Olig Ell. Amynthas corticis -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta peregrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:969. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex peranellus Gates 1945 Spol.Zeyl.24:78. Megascolex peranellus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pentagonalis Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:331. Megascolex pentagonalis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pentacystis Rosa 1891 Ann.Mus.Wien.6:400. Polypheretima pentacystis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima penrisseni Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A.(3):11. Archipheretima zonata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas penpuensis Shen, Tsai & Tsai 2003 Zool Stud 42:481 Amynthas penpuensis TERSI-1999-21-Shen - PDF
Megascolecidae Spenceriella penolaensis Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):105. Spenceriella penolaensis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus pennyae Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus pennyae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima penichaetifera Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1323. Amynthas? penichaetifera - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex penguini Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex penguini - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pellucida Bourne 1894 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 36:13. Priodochaeta pellucida - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire peguana laisonensis Nguyen & Nguyen 2017 J Nat Hist 51:900 Metaphire peguana laisonensis CTU-EW 087.01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta peguana Rosa 1890 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)30:113. Metaphire peguana - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex peermadensis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:68. Megascolex peermadensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex peermadensis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:58. Notoscolex peermadensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pedunculata Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):176. Metaphire pedunculata - -
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