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 hirudinaria Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:14. Planapheretima hirudinaria - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus geminatus Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:418. Plutellus geminatus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus montanus Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:419. Plutellus montanus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus rudis Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:420. Plutellus rudis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus tenuis Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:422. Plutellus tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima loveridgei Gates 1968 J.Nat.Hist.2:257. Amynthas loveridgei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kaironkensis Gates 1970 Aust.Zool.15:387. Amynthas kaironkensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima schraderi Gates 1970 Aust.Zool.15:388. Amynthas schrader - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bulmeri Gates 1970 Aust.Zool.15:386. Metapheretima bulmeri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mira Gates 1972 Micronesica 8:121. Pithemera mira - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima eldoni Gates 1975 Megadrilogica 2(1):5. Pithemera eldoni - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx shyamasreetus Ghosh, Hasan & Mandal 2018 J Appl Zool Res 29: 158 Perionyx shyamasreetus ZSI 5724/1 juvenile, Taxon inquirendum PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta campestris Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:67. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta candida Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:77. Amynthas candidus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta decimpapillata Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:71. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta flavescens Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:72. Amynthas flavescens - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fuscata Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:66. Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta grossa Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:75. Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta heteropoda Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:69. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta kamakurensis Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:68. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta micronaria Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:74. Amynthas micronarius NMST An446 Neotype Blakemore 2012:140
Megascolecidae Perichaeta obscura Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:70. Amynthas obscurus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parvula Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:68. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta producta Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:73. Amynthas flavescens - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta scholastica Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:70. Amynthas scholasticus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta takatorii Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:76. Amynthas aspergillus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta vittata Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:74. Amynthas vittatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta schizopora Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:76. Metaphire schizopora - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta agrestis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3(1):17. Amynthas agrestis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta carnosa Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:15. Amynthas carnosus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta communissima Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:23. Amynthas communissimus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta iizukai Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:14. Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta irregularis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:14. Amynthas irregularis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta megascolidioides Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:21. Amynthas megascolidioides - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parvicystis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:18. Amynthas parvicystis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta shimaensis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:15. Amynthas shimaensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta glandularis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:18. Metaphire glandularis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta levis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:20. Metaphire levis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta vesiculata Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:21. Metaphire vesiculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima acincta Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:16. Pheretima acincta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta taitensis Grube 1866 Verh.Ges.Wien 16:180. Amynthas taitensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta subquadrangula Grube 1877 Monber.Akad.Berlin 553. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rodericensis Grube 1879 Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc.London 168:554. Amynthas rodericensis - -
Megascolecidae Lumbricus litoralis Grube, E. 1855 Arch. Naturg: 127. Pontodrilus litoralis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tessellatus tessellatus H.P.Shen & C.F.Tsai & S.C.Tsai 2002 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2002. 50(1):7. Amynthas tessellatus tessellatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tessellatus paucus H.P.Shen & C.F.Tsai & S.C.Tsai 2002 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2002. 50(1):7. Amynthas tessellatus paucus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rahuli Hasan, Ghosh & Mandal 2019 J Appl Zool Res 30:14 Perionyx rahuli ZSI An5725/1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosus Hatai 1930 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)5:661. Amynthas phaselus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima phaselus Hatai 1930 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)5:659. Amynthas phaselus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima yamadai Hatai 1930 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)5:664. Amynthas yamadai - -
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