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 Pheretima fangi Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) (4)11:275. Metaphire fangi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lorella Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:425. Metaphire lorella - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima scitula Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:457. Metaphire scitula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bitheca Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku.Univ.(4)11:179. Metaphire bitheca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima koryoensis Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:146. Metaphire koryoensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima arcuata Gates 1937 Bull.Raffles Mus.13:189. Metaphire arcuata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima servina Hatai & Ohfuchi 1937 Res.Bull.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.12:1. Metaphire servinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quelparta Kobayashi 1937 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:347. Metaphire quelparta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hataii Ohfuchi 1937 Res.Bull.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.12:13. Metaphire hataii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima magna Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:416. Metaphire magna - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima multitheca Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:383. Metaphire multitheca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flavellana Gates 1938 Bull.Raffles Mus.14:238. Metaphire flavellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima keishuensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:155. Metaphire keishuensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima soulensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)13:131. Metaphire soulensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sakaguchii Ohfuchi 1938 Res.Bull.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.15:53. Metaphire sakaguchii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tosaensis Ohfuchi 1938 Bull.Res.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.15:58. Metaphire tosaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hobaensis Gates 1941 Rec.Ind.Mus.43:497. Metaphire hobaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima honbaensis Gates 1941 Rec.Ind.Mus.43:497. Metaphire honbaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima subtilis Gates 1943 Ohio J.Sci.43:104. Metaphire subtilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bahli Gates 1945 Spol.Zeyl.24:85. Metaphire bahli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leonoris Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:114. Metaphire leonoris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima longipenis Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:91. Metaphire longipenis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima prava Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:90. Metaphire prava - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tecta Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:120. Metaphire tecta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baliemensis Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):144. Metaphire baliemensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima balingensis Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:10. Metaphire balingensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flocellana Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:15. Metaphire flocellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fovella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:21. Metaphire fovella - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima strellana Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:34. Metaphire strellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima indigo Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Res.Tokyo 19-21:58. Metaphire indigo - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sanseiana Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Resources Tokyo 19-21:19. Metaphire sanseiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parvula Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:152. Metaphire parvula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sonaiensis Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:154. Metaphire sonaiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima saigonensis Omodeo 1956 Mem.Mus.Civ.St.Nat.Verona 5:327. Metaphire bahli - Nguyen et al. 2021 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima riukiuensis Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:248. Metaphire riukiuensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima yuhsi Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:5. Metaphire yuhsii - Blakemore 2005
Megascolecidae Pheretima pedunculata Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):176. Metaphire pedunculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima myriosetosa Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):175. Metaphire myriosetosa - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire hunanensis Tan & Zhong 1986 Acta.Zootax.Sin.11(2):144. Metaphire hunanensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire viridis Feng & Ma 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(3):248. Metaphire viridis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire bifoliolare Tan & Zhong 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(2):129. Metaphire bifoliolare - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire biforatum Tan & Zhong 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(2):128. Metaphire biforatum - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire guizouensis Qiu & Hong & Wei 1991 Guizhou Sci.9(3):222. Metaphire guizouensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima chaubinhensis Do 1994 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1):23. Thang 3. Metaphire chaubinhensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialoides Huynh Thi Kim Hoi 1998 Tap chi Sinh Hoc, 1998. 20(1):10-11. Metaphire fluvialoides - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire puyuma Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.42 Metaphire puyuma - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aokii Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.36 Metaphire soulensis - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima bigibberosa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.40 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima florea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.52 Metaphire communissima - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima okutamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.38 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
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