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 Tonoscolex montanus Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:381. Tonoscolex montanus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex parvus Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:386. Tonoscolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex michaelseni Julka 1976 Rec.Zool.Surv.India 69:233. Tonoscolex michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex indicus Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.India,Occ.Pap.0(26):29. Tonoscolex indicus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex kabakensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.India, Occ.Pap.(0)26:30. Tonoscolex kabakensis - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex kalimpongensis Ahmed & Julka 2022 Zootaxa 5124:376 Tonoscolex kalimpongensis ZSI-GNC-An 2203/1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Hypogaeon orthostichon Schmarda, 1861 Neue wirbellose Tiere, vol. 1. p. 12 Tokea orthostichon - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Tokea esculenta Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:240. Tokea esculenta - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea huttoni Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:248. Tokea huttoni - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea kirki Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:251. Tokea kirki - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea maorica Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:252. Tokea maorica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Tokea suteri Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:250. Tokea suteri - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea urewerae Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:246. Tokea urewerae - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolides parvus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:30. Tokea parva - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolides ruber Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:29. Tokea ruber - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolides viridis Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:28. Tokea viridis - Blakemore
Megascolecidae Tokea sapida Benham 1904 Proc Zool Soc London 1904: 245 Tokea sapida - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barronensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:960. Terrisswalkerius barronensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta canaliculata Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:391. Terrisswalkerius canaliculatua - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Perichaeta terraereginae Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1002. Terrisswalkerius terraereginae - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx athertonensis Michaelsen 1916 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):7. Terrisswalkerius athertonensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx phalacrus atavia Michaelsen 1916 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):16. Terrisswalkerius atavius - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx phalacrus typica Michaelsen 1916 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):14. Terrisswalkerius phalacrus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx erici Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):12. Terrisswalkerius erici - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius covacevichae Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):162. Terrisswalkerius covacevichae - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius liber Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):165. Terrisswalkerius liber - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius mcdonaldi Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):163. Terrisswalkerius mcdonaldi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius windsori Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):581. Terrisswalkerius windsori - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius carbinensis Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):262. Terrisswalkerius carbinensis - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius mcilwraithi Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):263. Terrisswalkerius mcilwraithi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius miserae Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):266. Terrisswalkerius miserae - -
Megascolecidae Tassiedrilus griffithae Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Tassiedrilus griffithae - -
Megascolecidae Tassiedrilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p315 Tassiderilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta austrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:956. Spenceriella austrina - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fecunda Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:401. Spenceriella fecunda - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hamiltoni Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:399. Spenceriella hamiltoni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta monticola Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:390. Spenceriella monticola - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta raymondiana Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:398. Spenceriella raymondiana - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta wilsoniana Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:400. Spenceriella wilsoniana - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta australis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:561. Spenceriella australis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta indissimilis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1550. Spenceriella indissimilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fecunda Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1007. Spenceriella fecunda - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macquariensis Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1000. Spenceriella macquariensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta albida Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:237. Spenceriella tenax - Jamieson 1965
Megascolecidae Perichaeta frenchii Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:9. Spenceriella frenchii - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hallii Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:7. Spenceriella hallii - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hoggii Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:6. Spenceriella hoggi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rubra Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:8. Spenceriella rubra - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta steelii Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:10. Spenceriella steelii - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sylvatica Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:5. Spenceriella sylvatica - -
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