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 Metapheretima orcrista Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):112. Metapheretima orcrista - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas orbicularis Sun & Jiang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:2509 Amynthas orbicularis C-SC201102-19A - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolides oppidanus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides oppidanus - -
Megascolecidae Hickmaniella opisthogaster Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26:(4):301. Hickmaniella opisthogaster - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ophtalmopapillata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):823. Amynthas? ophtalmopapillata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ophiodes Michaelsen 1929 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.44:85. Archipheretima ophiodes - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta operculata Rosa 1891 Ann.Mus.Wien.6:398. Metaphire operculata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas longiprostaticus Nguyen & Lam 2020 Zootaxa 4790:279 Amynthas ongiprostaticus CTU-EW.088.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire ongbeensis Nguyen, Nam, Lam & Nguyen 2020 Raffles Bull Zool 68:228 Metaphire ongbeensis CTU-EW.176.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolides oneilli monochris Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:313. Megascolides oneilli monochris - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex oneilli Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:377. Megascolides oneilli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima omtrekensis Cognetti 1911 Boll.Mus.Torino 26(641):3. Amynthas omtrekensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoeotrocha Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546 Amynthas omtrekensis - invalid emendation
Megascolecidae Amynthas omodeoi Zhao and Qiu 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(17-18): 1031. Amynthas omodeoi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima omeimontis kinfumontis Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:119. Amynthas omeimontis kinfumontis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas omeimontis kinabalu Sims & Easton 1972 Biol.J.Linn.Soc.4(3):259. Amynthas omeimontis kinabalu - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima paraglandularis omeimontia Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:155. Amynthas omeimontis - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus olympus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus olympus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima oinakensis Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:355. Metapheretima oinakensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus officeri Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:44. Notoscolex officeri - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex sexthecatus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):315. Notoscolex officeri - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus oeconomicus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus oeconomicus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas odaesanensis Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):86. Amynthas odaesanensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima oculata Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:298. Amynthas oculatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima oculata ankheana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):284. Amynthas? oculata ankheana - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta oculata Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:42. Diporochaeta oculata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas ocularius Nguyen & Lam 2020 Zootaxa 4790:283 Amynthas ocularius CTU-EW.167.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Gemascolex octothecatus Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):14. Gemascolex octothetacus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus octothecatus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus octothecatus - -
Megascolecidae Kanchuria octotheca Julka 1988 Res.Bull.(Sci) Panjab Univ.39(1-2):88. Kanchuria octotheca - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas octopapillatus Qiu & Sun 2009 Rev. Suisse Zool. 116: 293 Amynthas octopapillatus MNS, MHNG -
Megascolecidae Pheretima octo Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.31 Pheretima octo - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas ocellatus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:89. Amynthas ocellatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima obtusa Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo vol.3.no.244. Amynthas obtusus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta obtusa Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:41. Diporochaeta obtusa - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas obsoletus Qiu & Sun 2013 J Nat Hist 47:1144 Amynthas obsoletus SNM C-HN026-01A -
Megascolecidae Megascolides obscurus Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:148. Megascolides obscurus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta obscura Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:70. Amynthas obscurus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima obscuritopora Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.cent.Univ.Nanking.1:28. Amynthas obscuritoporus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta obscura Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:3. Diporochaeta obscura - -
Megascolecidae Zacharius obo Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:24 Zacharius obo TPTM -
Megascolecidae Megascolex nureliyensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:232. Megascolex nureliyensis - -
Megascolecidae Perissogaster nunoralis Beddard 1891 Proc.Phys.Soc.Edinb.10:277. Perissogaster nunoralis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima nunezae Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:414 Pheretima nunezae NMA 4509 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima nugalis Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:402. Amynthas nugalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima nubila Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:125. Amynthas nubilis - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus nubigenus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus nubigenus - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta novocombei Blakemore, R. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1833. Anisochaeta novocombei - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta novarae Rosa 1891 Ann.Mus.Wien.6:396. Pheretima novarae - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex novaecaledoniae Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):257. Megascolex novaecaledoniae - -
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