Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
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 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 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 - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella pedderensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):251. Hypolimnus pedderensis - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex peculiaris Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):313. Notoscolex peculiaris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pectinifera Michaelsen 1931 Zool.Jb.Syst.61:561. Amynthas pectiniferus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas pavimentus Tsai & Shen 2010 J. Nat. Hist. 44: 1252 Amynthas pavimentus TESRI-O-H-31 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pauxillula Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:442. Amynthas pauxillulus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pauxillulus Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:70. Plutellus pauxillulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima paucisetosa S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):303. Pheretima paucisetosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pauaiensis Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D)7:194. Amynthas pauaiensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pattipolensis Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:265. Megascolex pattipolensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pataniensis labuhensis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:224. Amynthas pataniensis labuhensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pataniensis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:222. Amynthas pataniensis - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima patae Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):61. Polypheretima patae - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex parvus Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):30. Megascolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex parvus Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:386. Tonoscolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Nelloscolex parvus Gates 1939 Rec.Ind.Mus.41:42. Nelloscolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus parvus Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:331. Plutellus parvus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparva Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas parvus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Chen & Zhifang, 1977
Megascolecidae Perionyx parvulus Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:321. Perionyx parvulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parvula Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:152. Metaphire parvula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparvula Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Metaphire parvula - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Ohfuchi, 1956
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parvicystis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:18. Amynthas parvicystis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parva Ude 1893 Z.wiss.Zool.57:64. Metaphire parva - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides parvus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:30. Tokea parva - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Pheretima parva Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):177. Amynthas parva - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parmata Ude 1924 Zool.Anz.61:80. Metapheretima parmata - -
Megascolecidae Neodiplotrema paripunctata Jamieson, B. G. M. 1997 Neodiplotrema paripunctata - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex pardus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex pardus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus parattah Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus parattah - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parataprobanea Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):7. Thang 3. Amynthas? parataprobanea - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parataprobanae Thai & Nguyen 1993 ? Polypheretima parataprobanae SORC-HV.225 Nguyen et al. 2014
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