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 Perichaeta halmaherae kauensis Michaelsen 1898 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:220. Amynthas halmaherae kauensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta neoguinensis spectabilis Rosa 1898 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)39:60. Amynthas spectabilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta papua Rosa 1898 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)39:63. Amynthas papuus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta recta Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:284. Amynthas rectus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta loriae Rosa 1898 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)39:61. Metapheretima loriae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta belli Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:286. Pheretima belli - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pura Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:285. Pheretima pura - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta zonopora Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:288. Pheretima zonopora - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta brevis Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:283. Polypheretima brevis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta esafatae Beddard 1899 Zool.Results 2:187. Amynthas esafatae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pacifica Beddard 1899 Zool.Results 2:190. Pithemera pacifica - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta solomonis Beddard 1899 Zool.Results.2:188. Amynthas solomonis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macleayi Fletcher 1899 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1556. Anisochaeta macleayi - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Perichaeta agrestis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3(1):17. Amynthas agrestis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta carnosa Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:15. Amynthas carnosus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta communissima Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:23. Amynthas communissimus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta iizukai Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:14. Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta irregularis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:14. Amynthas irregularis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta megascolidioides Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:21. Amynthas megascolidioides - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parvicystis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:18. Amynthas parvicystis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta shimaensis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:15. Amynthas shimaensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta glandularis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:18. Metaphire glandularis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta levis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:20. Metaphire levis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta vesiculata Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:21. Metaphire vesiculata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta monocystis Horst 1899 Notes Leyden Mus.20:202. Polypheretima elongata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta schmardae macrochaeta Michaelsen 1899 Zool.Jb.Syst.12:227. Duplodicodrilus schmardae macrochaeta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta paeta Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):13. Metaphire paeta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta indica Horst 1885 Midden Sumatra 4(12):4 Pheretima darnleiensis - Sims and Easton 1972:260
Megascolecidae Pericryptodrilus monteithi Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.945 Pericryptodrilus monteithi - -
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 - -
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