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 Perionyx crassiseptatus Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:65. Perionyx crassiseptatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx hingstoni Stephenson 1925 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1925:895. Perionyx hingstoni - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx silvicola Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:67. Perionyx silvicola - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx ditheca Stephenson 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:186. Perionyx ditheca - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx setnai Stephenson 1931 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1931:63. Perionyx setnai - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx viridis Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:551. Perionyx viridis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx festivus Gates 1945 Proc.Ind.Acad.Sci.(B)21(4):227. Perionyx festivus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx miniatus Gates 1945 J.Roy.Aviatic Soc.Bengal. 11:73. Perionyx miniatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rufulus Gates 1945 J.Roy.Asiatic Soc.Bengal 11:74. Perionyx rufulus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx egmonti Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:43. Perionyx egmonti - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx memoralis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):345. Perionyx memoralis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx montanus Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):433. Perionyx montanus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx nemoralis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):435. Perionyx nemoralis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx tenuis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):437. Perionyx tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx jorpokriensis Julka 1975 Mitt.Zool.Mus.Berlin 51(1):21. Perionyx jorpokriensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx daflaensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.Ind.(Misc.Publ.No.26):18. Perionyx daflaensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx daminensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.Ind.(Misc.Publ.No.26):20. Perionyx daminensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx vidakensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.Ind.(Misc.Publ.No.26):27. Perionyx vidakensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rahuli Hasan, Ghosh & Mandal 2019 J Appl Zool Res 30:14 Perionyx rahuli ZSI An5725/1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perionyx shyamasreetus Ghosh, Hasan & Mandal 2018 J Appl Zool Res 29: 158 Perionyx shyamasreetus ZSI 5724/1 juvenile, Taxon inquirendum PDF
Megascolecidae Perionychella annandalei Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):154. Perionychella annandalei - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella nainiana Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):155. Perionychella nainiana - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella sikkimensis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):156. Perionychella sikkimensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella simlaensis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):157. Perionychella simlaensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella variegata Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):158. Perionychella variegata - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella purpureus Jamieson 1973 Rec.Aust.Mus.28(11):215. Perionychella purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella montisarthuri Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):246. Anisochaeta montisarthuri - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella hellyeri Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):238. Diporochaeta hellyeri - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella kershawi Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):229. Diporochaeta kershawi - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella pedderensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):251. Hypolimnus pedderensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella bitheca Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):233. Perionychella bitheca - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella glandifera Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):237. Perionychella glandifera - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella hickmani Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):226. Perionychella richea - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella inconstans Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):83. Perionychella inconstans - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella obliquae Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):250. Perionychella richea - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella capensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):225. Retrovescus capensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella tunnackensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):253. Vesiculodrilus tunnackensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella evansi Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):236. Zacharius evansi - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella weldboroughi Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):230. Zacharius weldboroughi - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella variegata Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p. 17 Perionychella variegata - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella strzeleckii Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Perionychelal strezeleckii - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella eruca Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Perionychella eruca - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella myrtea Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Perionychella myrtea - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella ngakawau Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:23 Perionychella ngakawau TPTM -
Megascolecidae Pericryptodrilus monteithi Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.945 Pericryptodrilus monteithi - -
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 - -
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