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 Notoscolex minimus Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:60. Notoscolex minimus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima zoysiae Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:288. Amynthas minimus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ishikawai Ohfuchi 1941 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)16:248. Amynthas minimus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima humilis Gates 1942 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool.98:120. Amynthas minimus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta minima Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:274. Diporochaeta minima - -
Megascolecidae Digaster minima Jamieson 1975 Mem.Qd.Mus.17(2):267. Digaster minima - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima miniata Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:101. Amynthas miniatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx miniatus Gates 1945 J.Roy.Aviatic Soc.Bengal. 11:73. Perionyx miniatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas minhdam Nguyen & Tran 2020 Zootaxa 4790:286 Amynthas minhdam CTU-EW.168.h0 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas mindoroensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2004 Revue Suisse De Zoologie 111(4):735. Amynthas mindoroensis - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima mindanaoensis Aspe & James 2015 J. Nat. Hist. 49: 2238 Polypheretima mindanaoensis NMA 4527 -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta minahassae Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:235. Amynthas minahassae - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx millardi Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:74. Perionyx millardi - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta millaamillaa Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:34. Diporochaeta millaamillaa - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima militium Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen 2015 Zootaxa 3905:596 Polypheretima militium CTU-EW041?h01 -
Megascolecidae Archipheretima middletoni James 2009 ODE 9(3): 244e9 Archipheretima middletoni NMA, KUNHM -
Megascolecidae Pheretima palarva Blakemore 2003 ODE 3(S11): 8 Amynthas micronarius? - nom. nov. pro Pheretima parvula Ishizuka et al., 2000 (Blakemore 2010)
Megascolecidae Perichaeta micronaria Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:74. Amynthas micronarius NMST An446 Neotype Blakemore 2012:140
Megascolecidae Pheretima hypogaea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.235 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima elliptica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.237 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima tamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.231 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima edoensis Ishizuka , Shishik 2000 Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 35: 1-18. Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufidula Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.15 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima semilunaris Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.18 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima hinoharensis Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series a (Zoology)p.187 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonsilvestris Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas micronarius nom. nov. pro Pheretima silvestris Ishizuka, 2000 Blakemore 2012:139
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonmonticolus Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas micronarius nom. nov. pro Pheretima monticola Ishizuka, 2000 -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus microchaeta Benham 1950 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.78:324. Cryptodrilus microchaeta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima michaelseni Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:103. Metaphire michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides michaelseni F.Smith 1937 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):168. Driloleirus michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex michaelseni Julka 1976 Rec.Zool.Surv.India 69:233. Tonoscolex michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex michaelseni Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 161 Notoscolex michaelseni BMNH 420 -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella michaelseni Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 162 Woodwardiella michaelseni BMNH 425 -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster miagao Blakemore 2016 Opusc Zool Budapest 47:26 Pleionogaster miagao UPV S7 - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus metandris Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus metandris - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta metandris Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta metandris - -
Megascolecidae Retrovescus mesibovi Blakemore, R. 1998 Invertebrate Taxonomy 12/4/ 1998:660. Retrovescus mesibovi - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus mesibovi Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus mesibovi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mertoni Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.33:256. Polypheretima mertoni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta merabahensis Beddard & Fedarb 1895 Ann.Nat.Hist.16:72. Metaphire merabahensis - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus menurus Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):169. Fletcherodrilus menurus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mendosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:473. Metaphire mendosa - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus mendilai Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):177. Plutellus mendilai - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx memoralis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):345. Perionyx memoralis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus melaleuteus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus melaleuteus - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus melaleucus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus melaleucus - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima mekongmontis Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen 2014 Zootaxa 3866:118 Polypheretima mekongmontis CTU. EW028?h01 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex (Promegascolex) mekongianus Cognetti 1922 Boll.Mus.Torino 37(744):3. Amynthas mekongianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialis Gates 1939 J.Thailand Res.Soc.12:89. Amynthas mekongianus - Blakemore et al 207:21
Megascolecidae Amynthas meioglandularis Qui et al 1993 Acta Zootax.Sin.18(4):406. Amynthas meioglandularis - -
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