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 Vesiculodrilus lateralis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus lateralis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lauta Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:429. Amynthas lautus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex lautus Gates 1945 Spol.Zeylanica 24:71. Notoscolex lautus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lavangguana Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel.Is.2:14. Amynthas lavangguanus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta lawsoni Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:664. Megascolex lawsoni - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex leai Michaelsen 1910 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.27(2):99. Notoscolex leai - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius leichhardti Jamieson, McDonald & James 2013 Mem Queensl Mus 58:17 Perionychella leichhardti QM G231053 Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Notoscolex leios Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:108. Notoscolex leios - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lejokana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Soc.(n.s.) 77:36. Pheretima lejokana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leonoris Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:114. Metaphire leonoris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leopoldi Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.6:4. Pheretima leopoldi - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus lepidus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus lepidus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas leshanensis Sun & Qiu 2016 J Nat Hist 50:2500 Amynthas leshanensis C-SC201102-02A - PDF
Megascolecidae Polypheretima lesonea Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):51. Polypheretima lesonea - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus leucaspis Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52(1):65. Plutellus leucaspis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leucocirca Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:262. Amynthas leucocircus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta leucocycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex leucocyclus - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera levii Hong & James 2011 Raffles Bull. Zool. 59: 26 Pithemera levii NMA 4391, KUNHM, NIBR, ZRC -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta levis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:20. Metaphire levis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus levis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):173. Plutellus levis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima liangi Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):36. Metapheretima liangi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas liaoi Zhang, W., Li, J., Fu, S., Qiu, J. 2006 Annales Zoologici 56(2): 249-254 Amynthas liaoi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius liber Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):165. Terrisswalkerius liber - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia libferti Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):193. Woodwardiella libferti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima libradoi Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:367 Pheretima libradoi NMP 4623 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas libratus Tsai & Shen 2010 J. Nat. Hist. 44: 1256 Amynthas libratus TESRI-O-H-32 -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex liffeyi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex liffeyi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lignicola Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:399. Amynthas lignicolus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lignophila Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):822. Amynthas? lignophila - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus lilliputensis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus lilliputensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima limellula Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:127. Amynthas limellulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima limella Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):11. Amynthas limellus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima limpida Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:405. Amynthas limpidus - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima lindiae Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):89. Metapheretima lindiae - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta lindti Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:54. Diporochaeta lindti - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex lineatus Hutton 1877 Trans.N.Z.Inst.9:352. Megascolecidae lineatus - -
Megascolecidae Digaster lingi Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):584. Digaster lingi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas lingshuiensis Qiu & Sun 2009 Rev. Suisse Zool. 116: 296 Amynthas lingshuiensis MNS, MHNG -
Megascolecidae Amynthas linguiensis Li & Jin 2024 Zootaxa 5410:60 Amynthas linguiensis GX201210-08A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas lioujia Wang & Shih 2017 Zool Stud 56(18):6 Amynthas lioujia NCHUZOOL 14491 - PDF
Megascolecidae Lumbricus litoralis Grube, E. 1855 Arch. Naturg: 127. Pontodrilus litoralis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus matsushimensis indicus Michaelsen 1892 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(10)15:106. Plutellus litoralis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lluchi Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:426 Pheretima lluchi NMA 4525 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex lobulatus Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:49. Megascolex lobulatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta lochensis Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:13. Diporochaeta lochensis - -
Megascolecidae Begemius lockerbiensis Easton 1982 Aust.J.Zool.30:720. Begemius lockerbiensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas lohri Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:12. Amynthas lohri - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas lompobatangensis Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:33. Amynthas lompobatangensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta longa Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):239. Metaphire longa - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas longicaeca Bantaowong & Panha 2014 Raffles Bull Zool 62:660 Amynthas longicaeca CUMZ 3304 -
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