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 maculodorsalis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:406 Pheretima maculodorsalis NMA 4505 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:534. Amynthas malacus - Gates 1936 nom nov
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosus Hatai 1930 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)5:661. Amynthas phaselus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta madagascarensis Michaelsen 1891 Arch.Naturg.57(1):227. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta madelinae Benham 1897 J.Linn.Soc.26:219. Pheretima madelinae - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex maecenatis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):197. Notoscolex maecenatis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides maestus Blakemore, R. J. et al 1997 Megascolides maestus - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella magna Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:103. Woodwardiella affinis - Blakemore 2014
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 Metaphire magna minuscula Qiu & Zhao 2013 Zootaxa 3619:388 Metaphire magna minuscula SNM F-HN201116fm -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnaprostata Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:777 Amynthas magnaprostata MSUN-A014 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima magnifica Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:283. Amynthas magnificus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnipapillata Qui & Whang 1992 Acta Zootax.Sin.17(3):264. Amynthas magnipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnipapillata Qiu & Wang H 1992 Acta Zootax Sin 17:264 Amynthas megapapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima magnodiverticulata Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):287. Amynthas? magnodiverticulata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas majia Wang & Shih 2017 Zool Stud 56(18):8 Amynthas majia NCHUZOOL 14492 - PDF
Megascolecidae Kanchuria makhulensis Lone et al. 2020 JAPB 13:274 Kanchuria makhulensis HGCU-190103 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima makilingensis Hong, Y. & James, SW. 2008 Zootaxa, 1695: 46. Pheretima makilingensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima malaca Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:429. Pheretima malaca - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta malamaniensis Benham 1891 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 32:316. Pheretima montana - Blakemore 2007 PDF
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 Amynthas malinaoensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2004 Revue Suisse De Zoologie 111(4):732. Amynthas malinaoensis - -
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 Pheretima mamillana Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:400. Metaphire mamillana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mamillaris Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:413. Amynthas mamillaris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mammoporophorata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):825. Amynthas? mammoporophorata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta mandhorensis Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):241. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mangophila Nguyen 2011 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 33(1):24 Metaphire mangophila ZBDCT-EWh017 Blakemore 2016
Megascolecidae Metaphire mangophiloides Nguyen & Le 2015 Raffles Bull Zool 63:467 Metaphire mangophiloides CTU.EW082?h01 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:414. Amynthas manicatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata cucfuongmontis Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1321. Amynthas? manicata cucfuongmontis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata decorosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:528. Amynthas manicatus decorosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata quefongensis Do & Tran 1994 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1):24. Thang 3. Amynthas manicatus quefongensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima manicata supina Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:528. Amynthas manicatus supinus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus manifestus Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1538. Cryptodrilus manifestus - -
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 Megascolides manni variabilis Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:150. Megascolides manni variabilis - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima mantalingahanensis Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:772 Polypheretima mantalingahanensis MSUN-A011 - PDF
Megascolecidae Tokea maorica Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:252. Tokea maorica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta maplestoni Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:64. Diporochaeta maplestoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima marenzelleri Cognetti 1906 Atti.Acad.Torino 41:780. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex margaritacea Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):245. Archipheretima margaritacea - -
Megascolecidae Argilophilus margaritae James 1994 Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash.107(4):630. Argilophilus margaritae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima margaritata Hong & James 2011 Raffles Bull. Zool. 59: 20 Pheretima margaritata NMA 4385, KUNHM, NIBR, ZRC -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mariae Hong, Y. & James, SW. 2008 Zootaxa, 1695: 48. Pheretima mariae - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus marian Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus marian - -
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