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 Perichaeta annulata Horst 1890 Notes Leyden Mus.12:236. Metapheretima annulata - Sims and Easton 1972:233
Megascolecidae Pheretima fakfakensis tetratheca Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.33:254. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima invisa Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:294. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kochii Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:293. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima schaedleri Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):52. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx annulatus Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:386. Perionyx annulatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima anomala Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):167. Metaphire anomala - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima anomala insolita Stephenson 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:234. Metaphire anomala - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Pheretima anomala typica Stephenson 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:234. Metaphire anomala - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Digaster anomala Jamieson 1970 Proc.Roy.Soc.Qd.82(3):40. Digaster anomala - -
Megascolecidae Diplotrema anomala Jamieson, McDonald & James 2015 Mem Queensl Mus 59:172 Diplotrema anomala QM G231042. -
Megascolecidae Pheretima anomala centralis Stephenson 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:234. Metaphire anomala centralis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus ansoni Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus ansoni - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire antalourdesensis Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:782 Metaphire antalourdesensis WPU-A024 - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolex antarctica Baird 1873 J.Linn.Soc.11:96. Anisochaeta antarctica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta shakespeari Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:254. Celeriella antarctica - Lee 1962
Megascolecidae Pheretima antefixa Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):6. Amynthas antefixus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas anteporus Jiang & Dong 2018 Zootaxa 4496:271 Amynthas anteporus C-GX201305-01A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas antethecus Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:247 Amynthas antethecus BDNUL0050 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas antoanensis Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2016 Zool Stud 55(52):8 Amynthas antoanensis CTU-EW038-h01 PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolides antrophyes Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:130. Megascolides antrophyes - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus aotea Blakemore 2011 ZooKeys 160: 27 Aporodrilus aotea AMNZ 5254 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas apapillatus Zhao & Qiu 2013 J Nat Hist 47:2188 Amynthas apapillatus SNM C-HN201114-03Z -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta aperta Blakemore, R. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1824. Anisochaeta aperta - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta apiocystis Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:928. Diporochaeta apiocystis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima apoensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):15 Pheretima apoensis NMA 4592 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas apongensis Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:358 Amynthas apongensis NMP 4628 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas appelhofae Hong 2019 JAPB 12:353 Amynthas appelhofae BDNUL0055 - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus apris Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus apris - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima apunae Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):550. Metapheretima apunae - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta aquatica Benham 1903 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.2:226. Diporochaeta aquatica - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus aquatilis Stephenson 1921 Rec.Ind.Mus.22:756. Plutellus aquatilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aquila Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:365 Pheretima aquila NMP 4620 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima arayatensis James, S.W., Hong, Y., Kim,T.H. 2004 Rev.suisse Zool. 111(1):4 Pheretima arayatensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx arboricola Rosa 1890 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)30:119. Planapheretima arboricola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima arboricola Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:399. Planapheretima arboricola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima arcuata Gates 1937 Bull.Raffles Mus.13:189. Metaphire arcuata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima areniphila Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):91. Pheretima areniphila - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) arensi Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:168. Metapheretima arensi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas arenulus Bantaowong & Panha 2014 Raffles Bull Zool 62:658 Amynthas arenulus CUMZ 3299 -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella argillae Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:342. Celeriella argillae - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas aringeanus Beddard 1900 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1900:897. Polypheretima aringeana - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex armatus Beddard 1883 Ann Mag Nat Hist 12:256 Megascolex armatus - -
Megascolecidae Digaster armifera Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:947. Digaster armifera - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta arnoldi Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:61. Diporochaeta arnoldi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima arrobusta Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1327. Amynthas? arrobusta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima arrobustoides Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1237. Amynthas? arrobustoides - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta arthuri Benham 1897 J.Linn.Soc.London 26:205. Pheretima arthuri - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas arx Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):22 Amynthas arx NIBR-IV0000246444 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ascensa Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:748 Pheretima ascensa MSUN-A005 - PDF
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