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 iizukai Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:14. Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ijimae Rosa 1891 Ann.Mus.Wien 6:402. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus illawarrae Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1546. Cryptodrilus illawarrae - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex illawarrae Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:1523. Megascolides illawarrae - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex illidgei Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:50. Megascolex illidgei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima illota Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:397. Amynthas illotus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima imajimai Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.114 Amynthas corticis - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima immanis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:412 Pheretima immanis NMA 4507 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima immerita Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:389. Amynthas immertus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex imparicystis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):209. Megascolex imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex imparicystis Jamieson 1973 Rec.Aust.Mus.28(11):215. Oreoscolex imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella imparicystis Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):103. Spenceriella imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Mahbenus imperatrix Bourne 1894 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 36:12. Megascolex imperatrix - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima imperfecta Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.229 Amynthas imperfectus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Megascolides improbus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides improbus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas impudens Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:84. Metaphire impudens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima incerta Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:197. Metaphire incerta - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides incertus Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:151. Megascolides incertus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima inclara Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:43. Metaphire inclara - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus incommodus Jamieson & Nash 1976 Proc.Roy.Soc.Qd.87:47. Plutellus incommodus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima incongrua Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:270. Amynthas incongruus - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella inconstans Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):83. Perionychella inconstans - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex index Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex index - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta indica Horst 1885 Midden Sumatra 4(12):4 Pheretima darnleiensis - Sims and Easton 1972:260
Megascolecidae Pheretima indica birangi Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20(3):42. Pheretima birangi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima indica cameroni Stephenson 1932 Bull.Raffles Mus.7:47. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta indica ceylonica Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:246. Pheretima darnleiensis - Sims and Easton 1972:260
Megascolecidae Megascolex indicus Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:186. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus indicus Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):148. Plutellus indicus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex indicus Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.India,Occ.Pap.0(26):29. Tonoscolex indicus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus indicus silvestris Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):149. Plutellus indicus silvestris - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus indicus typica Stephenson 1923 Fauna Brit.Ind.p.174. Plutellus indicus indicus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima indigo Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Res.Tokyo 19-21:58. Metaphire indigo - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta indissimilis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1550. Spenceriella indissimilis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex inermis Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1933:914. Anisochaeta inermis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima infantilis Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:392. Amynthas infantilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima infantiloides Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):284. Amynthas? infantiloides - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta inflata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:327. Metaphire inflata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima inflata cai Michaelsen 1916 Ark.Zool.10(1):14. Metaphire inflata cai - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus inflexus Stephenson 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:179. Plutellus inflexus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus inflexus compositus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:477. Plutellus inflexus compositus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas infuscuatus Jiang & Sun 2015 J Nat Hist 49:11 Amynthas infuscuatus C-HN020-02A -
Megascolecidae Plutellus ingambii Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):245. Plutellus ingambii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ingentis Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:739 Pheretima ingentis WPU-A004 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perionyx inornatus Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:320. Amynthas inornatus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus inornatus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus inornatus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus inornatus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus inornatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides insignis Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:146. Megascolides insignis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex insignis Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:78. Megascolex insignis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima insignis Michaelsen 1921 Ark.Zool.13(19):14. Metaphire insignis - -
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