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 longicauliculata Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:395. Amynthas longicauliculatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex longicystis Nicholls & Jackson 1927 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.12:142. Austrohoplochaetella longicystis - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta longiductis Blakemore, R. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1829. Anisochaeta longiductis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima longigula Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:423 Pheretima longigula NMA 4511 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima longipenis Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:91. Metaphire longipenis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima longiprostata Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:420 Pheretima longiprostata NMA 4519 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex longiseta Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):163. Megascolex longiseta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima longisiphona Qiu 1988 Sichuan J.Zool.7(1):2. Pheretima longisiphona - -
Megascolecidae Pontodrilus longissimus Seesamut & Panha 2018 Zootaxa 4496:227 Pontodrilus longissimus CUMZ 3670 - PDF
Megascolecidae Digaster longmani Boardman 1932 Mem.Qd.Mus.10:125. Digaster longmani - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus longus Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52(1):66. Plutellus longus - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex longus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):311. Notoscolex longus - -
Megascolecidae Simsia longwarriensis Jamieson 1972 Mem.Nat.Mus.Vict.33:73. Simsia longwarriensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lorella Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:425. Metaphire lorella - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex lorenzi Rosa 1894 Atti.Acad.Torino 29:5. Megascolex lorenzi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta loriae Rosa 1898 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)39:61. Metapheretima loriae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima losbanosensis Aspe & Obusan 2023 Zootaxa 5255:103 Pheretima losbanosensis PNM 4649 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima loti Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):93. Pheretima loti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima loveridgei Gates 1968 J.Nat.Hist.2:257. Amynthas loveridgei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lubricata Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:281. Amynthas lubricatus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus lucasi Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:143. Cryptodrilus lucasi - -
Megascolecidae Digaster lumbricoides Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:94. Digaster lumbricoides - -
Megascolecidae Digaster lumbricoides kondalilla Jamieson 1975 Mem.Qd.Mus.17(2):267. Digaster lumbricoides kondalilla - -
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 - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas luridus Shen & Chang 2019 Zootaxa 4658:104 Amynthas luridus TESRIO-H-54, RY021 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima luxa Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:427. Amynthas luxus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus macedonensis Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:138. Cryptodrilus macedonensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macer Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:67. Plutellus macer - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx macintoshii Beddard 1886 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1883) XII.p.217. Perionyx macintoshii - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macleayi Fletcher 1899 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1556. Anisochaeta macleayi - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolides macelfreshi F.Smith 1937 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):166. Driloleirus maclfreshi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macnabi McKey F. 1957 Washmann J.Biol.15(1):49. Macnabodrilus macnabi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macquariensis Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1000. Spenceriella macquariensis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta macrochaeta simpliciseta Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450, Zool.313:482. Diporochaeta macrochaeta simpliciseta - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macrochaetus Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:54. Plutellus macrochaetus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculata Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:104. Planapheretima maculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculodorsalis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:406 Pheretima maculodorsalis NMA 4505 -
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 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 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
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