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 Pheretima kiangsuensis Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.Cent.Univ.Nanking.1:24. Metaphire tschiliensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh 2015 Raffles Bull Zool 63:461 Metaphire kiengiangensis CTU.EW019?h01 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kikuchii Hatai & Ohfuchi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)10:767. Duplodicodrilus schmardae - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima kilii Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):107. Metapheretima kilii - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas kimhaeiensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Zoological Studies 40(4):270. Amynthas carnosus - Blakemore 2012: 36
Megascolecidae Perichaeta kinabaluensis Beddard & Fedarb 1895 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.16:71. Polypheretima kinabaluensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus kincaidii Altman 1936 Univ.Wash.Publ.Biol.4:74. Kinkaidodrilus kincaidii - -
Megascolecidae Gastrodrilus kingi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra kingi kingi - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire kinki Blakemore 2022 Bull Kanagawa Pref Mus 51:98 Metaphire kinki LBM FY2015-11-1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas kinmenensis Shen et al 2013 Zootaxa 3599:473 Amynthas kinmenensis NTU 14-07374 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas kinmenensis Shen, Chang, Li, Chih & Chen 2013 Zootaxa 3599:473 Amynthas kinmenensis IZCLNTU 14-07374 -
Megascolecidae Tokea kirki Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:251. Tokea kirki - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Pheretima kitangladensis S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2004. 52(2):290. Pheretima kitangladensis - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster kitangladensis S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):310. Pleionogaster kitangladensis - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta kiwi Blakemore 2012 J Species Res 1(2): 111 Anisochaeta kiwi AMNZ 5270 -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta kiwi mihi Blakemore 2012 J Species Res 1(2): 114 Anisochaeta kiwi mihi AMNZ 5260 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima klockei Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:107. Amynthas klockei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kobayashii Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:119. Amynthas kobayashii - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx koboensis Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:391. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kochii Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:293. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kockensis Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.6:2. Metaphire kockensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kollikeri Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A(2):8. Manus koellikeri - Blakemore, 2010
Megascolecidae Amynthas konkakinh Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2016 Zool Stud 55(52):10 Amynthas konkakinh CTU-EW038-p01 PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolex konkanensis Fedarb 1898 J.Bombay Soc.11:434. Megascolex konkanensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex konkanensis longus Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:97. Megascolex konkanensis longus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima koreana Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:115. Amynthas koreanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima korinchiana Cognetti 1922 Boll.Mus.Torino 37(733):2. Pheretima korinchiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima koryoensis Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:146. Metaphire koryoensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima koyana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:29. Polypheretima koyana - -
Megascolecidae Trinephrus kraepelini Michaelsen 1904 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.21:128. Trinephrus kraepelini - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kuchingensis Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:337. Pheretima kuchingensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas kume Blakemore 2022 Bull Kanagawa Pref Mus 51:95 Amynthas kume LBM FY2015-11-1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolex kumiliensis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:70. Megascolex kumiliensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kunigamiensis Ishizuka, Azama & Sasaki 2000 Edaphologia 65:92 Amynthas kunigamiensis NSMT-An-333 -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta kuranda Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:31. Diporochaeta kuranda - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kyamikia Kobayashi 1934 J. Chosen. Nat. Hist. Soc., 19:1. Amynthas carnosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kyhaenensis Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:4. Polypheretima kyhaenensis SORC-HV.224 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima kytayana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(4):613. Amynthas? kytayana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima labosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:543. Amynthas labosus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas laceratus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1235 Amynthas laceratus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lacertina Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:109. Planapheretima lacertina HNUE 2C -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lacinata Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:98. Amynthas lacinatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lactea Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.28 Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus lacustris Benham 1903 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1903:228. Plutellus lacustris - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx lacustris Stephenson 1924 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(9)14:546. Perionychella lacustris - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta lacustris Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p.11 Diporochaeta lacustris - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas lacustris Yuan & Jiang 2019 Zootaxa 4664:395 Amynthas lacustris YN201619-04 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima ladjangensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:138. Metaphire ladjangensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides laffani Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides laffani - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lago Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:413 Pheretima lago NMA 4508 -
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