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 Cryptodrilus officeri Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:44. Notoscolex officeri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta oeriginosa Beddard 1891 Proc.Phys.Soc.Edinb.10:278. Amynthas aeruginosus - -
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 ankheana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):284. Amynthas? oculata ankheana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima oculata Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:298. Amynthas oculatus - -
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 Diporochaeta obtusa Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:41. Diporochaeta obtusa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima obtusa Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo vol.3.no.244. Amynthas obtusus - -
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 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 Perichaeta obscura Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:70. Amynthas obscurus - -
Megascolecidae Zacharius obo Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:24 Zacharius obo TPTM -
Megascolecidae Perionychella obliquae Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):250. Perionychella richea - -
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 Pheretima nubicola Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series a (Zoology)p. 180 Amynthas corticis - -
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 - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta novaebritannicae Benham 1897 J.Linn.Soc.26:199. Amynthas novaebritannicae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta novae-zelandiae Beddard 1888 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:434. Diporochaeta intermedia - Blakemore 2012:130
Megascolecidae Megascolex novae-zelandiae Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:38. Megascolex novae-zelandiae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima notizusa Michaelsen 1928 Treubia 10:294. Metaphire notizusa - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella noticula Jamieson & Wampler 1979 Aust.J.Zool.27(4):651. Spenceriella noticula - -
Megascolecidae Digaster nothofagi Jamieson 1975 Mem.Qd.Mus.17(2):267. Digaster nothofagi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus notatus Dyne 1981 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.W.105(2):102. Plutellus notatus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta notabilis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:57. Diporochaeta notabilis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonsilvestris Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas micronarius nom. nov. pro Pheretima silvestris Ishizuka, 2000 Blakemore 2012:139
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonsetosus Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas corticis nom. nov. pro Pheretima setosa Ishizuka et al., 2000 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonmonticolus Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas micronarius nom. nov. pro Pheretima monticola Ishizuka, 2000 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonmontanus Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas fuscatus nom. nov. pro Pheretima montana Ishizuka, 1999 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas noninvisus Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas corticis nom. nov. pro Pheretima invisa Ishizuka, 2000 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima nolani Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:422 Pheretima nolani NMA 4520 -
Megascolecidae Pithemera nolani Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):27 Pithemera nolani NMA 4600 -
Megascolecidae Megascolides nokanenaensis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):188. Megascolides nokanenaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima noharuzakiensis Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:175. Amynthas flavescens - -
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