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 Terrisswalkerius liber Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):165. Terrisswalkerius liber - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas liaoi Zhang, W., Li, J., Fu, S., Qiu, J. 2006 Annales Zoologici 56(2): 249-254 Amynthas liaoi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima liangi Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):36. Metapheretima liangi - -
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 Pithemera levii Hong & James 2011 Raffles Bull. Zool. 59: 26 Pithemera levii NMA 4391, KUNHM, NIBR, ZRC -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta leucocycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex leucocyclus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leucocirca Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:262. Amynthas leucocircus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus leucaspis Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52(1):65. Plutellus leucaspis - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima lesonea Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):51. Polypheretima lesonea - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas leshanensis Sun & Qiu 2016 J Nat Hist 50:2500 Amynthas leshanensis C-SC201102-02A - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus lepidus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus lepidus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leopoldi Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.6:4. Pheretima leopoldi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leonoris Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:114. Metaphire leonoris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lejokana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Soc.(n.s.) 77:36. Pheretima lejokana - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex leios Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:108. Notoscolex leios - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius leichhardti Jamieson, McDonald & James 2013 Mem Queensl Mus 58:17 Perionychella leichhardti QM G231053 Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Notoscolex leai Michaelsen 1910 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.27(2):99. Notoscolex leai - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta lawsoni Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:664. Megascolex lawsoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lavangguana Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel.Is.2:14. Amynthas lavangguanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lauta Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:429. Amynthas lautus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex lautus Gates 1945 Spol.Zeylanica 24:71. Notoscolex lautus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta lateralis Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:11. Gemascolex lateralis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus lateralis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus lateralis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex larpentensis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:45. Megascolex larpentensis - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera lanyuensis Huei-Ping, S., Chus-Fa, T. 2002 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.18 Pithemera lanyuensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lantapanensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):10 Pheretima lantapanensis NMA 4589 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima langbiangi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:522. Metaphire langbiangi - -
Megascolecidae Digaster lamingtonensis Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):20. Digaster lamingtonensis - -
Megascolecidae Heteroporodrilus lamingtonensis Jamieson 1970 J.Zool.London 162:115. Heteroporodrilus lamingtonensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lamaganensis Hong & James 2011 J. Nat. Hist. 45: 1777 Pheretima lamaganensis NMA 04376 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas lalashan Wang & Shih 2017 Zool Stud 56(18):2 Amynthas lalashan NCHUZOOL 13541 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima lalangi Michaelsen 1923 Ark.Zool.15(14):5. Amynthas lalangi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex laingii Benham 1903 Trans.N.Z.Inst.35:273. Megascolex laingii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lagunaensis Hong, Y. & James, SW. 2008 Zootaxa, 1695: 49. Pheretima lagunaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lago Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:413 Pheretima lago NMA 4508 -
Megascolecidae Megascolides laffani Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides laffani - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ladjangensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:138. Metaphire ladjangensis - -
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 lacinata Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:98. Amynthas lacinatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lacertina Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:109. Planapheretima lacertina HNUE 2C -
Megascolecidae Amynthas laceratus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1235 Amynthas laceratus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima labosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:543. Amynthas labosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kytayana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(4):613. Amynthas? kytayana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kyhaenensis Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:4. Polypheretima kyhaenensis SORC-HV.224 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta kuranda Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:31. Diporochaeta kuranda - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kunigamiensis Ishizuka, Azama & Sasaki 2000 Edaphologia 65:92 Amynthas kunigamiensis NSMT-An-333 -
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