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 Megascolides manni Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:149. Megascolides manni - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta manni Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:60. Diporochaeta manni - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus manifestus Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1538. Cryptodrilus manifestus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata supina Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:528. Amynthas manicatus supinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata quefongensis Do & Tran 1994 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1):24. Thang 3. Amynthas manicatus quefongensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata decorosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:528. Amynthas manicatus decorosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:414. Amynthas manicatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima suctoria manicata Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:412. Amynthas manicatus - Blakemore 2006
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata cucfuongmontis Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1321. Amynthas? manicata cucfuongmontis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire mangophiloides Nguyen & Le 2015 Raffles Bull Zool 63:467 Metaphire mangophiloides CTU.EW082?h01 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mangophila Nguyen 2011 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 33(1):24 Metaphire mangophila ZBDCT-EWh017 Blakemore 2016
Megascolecidae Pheretima mammoporophorata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):825. Amynthas? mammoporophorata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mamillaris Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:413. Amynthas mamillaris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mamillana Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:400. Metaphire mamillana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima malindangensis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:416 Pheretima malindangensis NMA 4513 -
Megascolecidae Pithemera malindangensis Aspe & James 2015 J. Nat. Hist. 49: 2244 Pithemera malindangensis NMA 4528 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas malinaoensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2004 Revue Suisse De Zoologie 111(4):732. Amynthas malinaoensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire malayanoides Nguyen & Lam 2017 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 39:407 Metaphire malayanoides CTU-EW.084.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas malayanus Beddard 1900 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1900:893. Metaphire malayana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:534. Amynthas malacus - Gates 1936 nom nov
Megascolecidae Pheretima medimaculosa Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas malacus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. maculosa Gates, 1933
Megascolecidae Pheretima malaca Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:429. Pheretima malaca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima makilingensis Hong, Y. & James, SW. 2008 Zootaxa, 1695: 46. Pheretima makilingensis - -
Megascolecidae Kanchuria makhulensis Lone et al. 2020 JAPB 13:274 Kanchuria makhulensis HGCU-190103 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas majia Wang & Shih 2017 Zool Stud 56(18):8 Amynthas majia NCHUZOOL 14492 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima magnodiverticulata Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):287. Amynthas? magnodiverticulata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnipapillata Qui & Whang 1992 Acta Zootax.Sin.17(3):264. Amynthas magnipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima magnifica Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:283. Amynthas magnificus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnaprostata Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:777 Amynthas magnaprostata MSUN-A014 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire magna minuscula Qiu & Zhao 2013 Zootaxa 3619:388 Metaphire magna minuscula SNM F-HN201116fm -
Megascolecidae Pheretima magna Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:416. Metaphire magna - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta magna Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta magna - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides maestus Blakemore, R. J. et al 1997 Megascolides maestus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex maecenatis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):197. Notoscolex maecenatis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta madelinae Benham 1897 J.Linn.Soc.26:219. Pheretima madelinae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculodorsalis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:406 Pheretima maculodorsalis NMA 4505 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculata Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:104. Planapheretima maculata - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macrochaetus Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:54. Plutellus macrochaetus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta macrochaeta simpliciseta Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450, Zool.313:482. Diporochaeta macrochaeta simpliciseta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macquariensis Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1000. Spenceriella macquariensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macnabi McKey F. 1957 Washmann J.Biol.15(1):49. Macnabodrilus macnabi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides macelfreshi F.Smith 1937 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):166. Driloleirus maclfreshi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macleayi Fletcher 1899 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1556. Anisochaeta macleayi - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Perionyx macintoshii Beddard 1886 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1883) XII.p.217. Perionyx macintoshii - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macer Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:67. Plutellus macer - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus macedonensis Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:138. Cryptodrilus macedonensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima luxa Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:427. Amynthas luxus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas luridus Shen & Chang 2019 Zootaxa 4658:104 Amynthas luridus TESRIO-H-54, RY021 - PDF
Megascolecidae Notoscolex lunatus Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):16. Notoscolex lunatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lunata Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:411. Amynthas lunatus - -
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