Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima brinchangensis Stephenson 1932 Bull.Raffles Mus.7:42. Metaphire brinchangensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus affinis Stephenson 1932 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:904. Plutellus affinis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus uncinatus Stephenson 1932 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:907(?) Plutellus uncinatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kagoshimensis Takahashi 1932 Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima wetzeli Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:173. Amynthas wetzeli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima benhami Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:174. Amynthas benhami - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rosai Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:140. Metapheretima sembalunensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sembalunensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:139. Metapheretima sembalunensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) arensi Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:168. Metapheretima arensi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ladjangensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:138. Metaphire ladjangensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sedgwicki cognettii Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:185. Pithemera cognettii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima renschi Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:141. Polypheretima renschi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) badia Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:171. Polypheretima badia - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) elberti Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:175. Polypheretima elberti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) kellneri Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:177. Polypheretima kellneri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) swelaensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:178. Polypheretima swelaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata kulingiana Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:278. Amynthas corrugatus kulingianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima incongrua Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:270. Amynthas incongruus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leucocirca Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:262. Amynthas leucocircus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rockefelleri Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:238. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima zoysiae Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:288. Amynthas minimus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima thecodorsata Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:244. Metaphire thecodorsata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ichangensis Fang 1933 Sinensia Nank.3:180. Metaphire ichangensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima analecta promota Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:494. Amynthas analectus promotus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fucosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:526. Amynthas fucosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:534. Amynthas malacus - Gates 1936 nom nov
Megascolecidae Pheretima papilio fracta Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:539. Amynthas papilio fractus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufula Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:543. Amynthas rufulus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx viridis Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:551. Perionyx viridis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima carinensis vara Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:522. Pheretima carinensis vara - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus inflexus compositus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:477. Plutellus inflexus compositus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pandus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:480. Plutellus pandus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex depressus scutatus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:385. Tonoscolex depressus scutatus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex ferinus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:487. Tonoscolex ferinus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta apiocystis Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:928. Diporochaeta apiocystis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex inermis Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1933:914. Anisochaeta inermis - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster sivickisi Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1933:923. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella ashworthi Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:912. Woodwardiella ashworthi - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella dioecia Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:910. Woodwardiella dioecia - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus peregrinus Cernosvitov 1934 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(2)6:48. Plutellus peregrinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kamitai Kobayashi 1934 J.Chosen Nat.Hist.Soc.19:5. Amynthas kamitai - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kyamikia Kobayashi 1934 J. Chosen. Nat. Hist. Soc., 19:1. Amynthas carnosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aggera Kobayashi 1934 J.Chosen.Nat.Hist.Soc.19:7. Metaphire aggera - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alteradamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:540. Amynthas alteradamae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bangoiana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:505. Amynthas bangoianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima caudana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.79:531. Amynthas caudanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima doroa Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:104. Amynthas dorous - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima primadamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:526. Amynthas primadamae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tertiadamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:535. Amynthas tertiadamae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tonkinensis Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:529. Amynthas tonkinensis - -
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