Earthworm species. A searchable database*
Family:
Genus:
Species:
Author:
Year:
Literature:
Valid genus:
Valid species:

This database is continuously updated but far not complete and naturally contains many mistakes. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

Last updated 26. March, 2020

Dear collegues, as the access to the zoological literature is frequently difficult please send your publised papers - preferably in PDF - to the following address: csuzdi.csaba -- alef --- gmail.com

If you are using this database please cite: Csuzdi, Cs. (2012) Earthworm species, a searchable database. Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 43(1): 97-99

eXTReMe Tracker
Found: 2523
FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Notoscolex triplex Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex triplex - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex repanga Blakemore 2011 ZooKeys 160: 33 Notoscolex repanga AMNZ 5253 -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ajax Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 160 Notoscolex ajax BMNH 419-3 -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex michaelseni Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 161 Notoscolex michaelseni BMNH 420 -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex /Trinephrus/ suctorius Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):207. Notoscolex suctorius - -
Megascolecidae Occicryptordilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.896 Occicryptodrilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex imparicystis Jamieson 1973 Rec.Aust.Mus.28(11):215. Oreoscolex imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex bidiverticulatus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):305. Notoscolex bidiverticulatus - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex longus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):311. Notoscolex longus - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex peculiaris Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):313. Notoscolex peculiaris - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex sexthecatus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):315. Notoscolex officeri - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex retrocystis Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):587. Oreoscolex retrocystis - -
Megascolecidae Parapheretima utekwana Cognetti 1915 Trans.Zool.Soc.London 20:494. Pheretima (Planapheretima) utekwana - -
Megascolecidae Paraplutellus insularis Jamieson 1972 Mem.Nat.Mus.Vict.33:73. Paraplutellus insularis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta branchycycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex branchycyclus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta cingulata Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex cingulatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta leucocycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex leucocyclus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta viridis Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex Spec. Inc. Sed. - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta taitensis Grube 1866 Verh.Ges.Wien 16:180. Amynthas taitensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta corticis Kinberg 1867 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:102. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta posthuma Vaillant 1868 Mem.Acad.Montpell.7:146. Metaphire posthuma - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta aspergillum Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:118. Amynthas aspergillus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta robusta Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:112. Amynthas robustus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta affinis Perrier 1872 Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.8:106. Metaphire affinis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta houlleti Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:99. Metaphire houlleti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta quadragenaria Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:122. Metaphire quadragenaria - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta elongata Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:124. Polypheretima elongata MHNP AE 633-646, -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta juliani Perrier 1875 C.R.Acad.Sci.81:1045. Amynthas juliani - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta coerulea Perrier 1875 C.R.Soc.Biol.(D) 81:1044. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta luzonica Perrier 1875 C.R.Soc.Biol.(D) 81:1044. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bicincta Perrier 1875 C.R.Acad.Sci.81:1044. Pithemera bicincta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta biseralis Perrier 1875 C.R.Acad.Sci.81:1044. Polypheretima elongata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta subquadrangula Grube 1877 Monber.Akad.Berlin 553. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dicystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Metaphire californica - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tricystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Amynthas gracilis - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rodericensis Grube 1879 Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc.London 168:554. Amynthas rodericensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta armata Beddard 1883 Ann.Nat.Hist.12:216. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hasselti Horst 1885 Midden.Sumatra 4:5. Planapheretima hasselti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ceylonica Beddard 1886 Ann.Nat.Hist.17:89. Megascolex ceylonicus - Michaelsen 1900:228
Megascolecidae Perichaeta horsti Beddard 1886 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:300. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ungulata Bell 1886 Zool.Rec.22:21. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta peregrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:969. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta queenslandica Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:962. Amynthas queenslandicus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tenax Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales (2)1:953. Megascolex tenax - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta austrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:956. Spenceriella austrina - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barronensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:960. Terrisswalkerius barronensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta coxii Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:565. Anisochaeta coxii - Blakemore 2000:3
Megascolecidae Perichaeta gracilis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:958. Anisochaeta gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta darnleiensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:966. Pheretima darnleiensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta upoluensis Beddard 1887 proc.Roy.Soc.Edinb.14:174. Amynthas upoluensis - -
Version 0.5