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 affinis Perrier 1872 Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.8:106. Metaphire affinis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex capensis Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:195. Metaphire javanica - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex annulatus Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:195. Polypheretima elongata - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex schmardae Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:194. Duplodicodrilus schmardae - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex musica Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:193. Metaphire musica - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex japonicus Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:192. Amynthas japonicus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex sieboldi Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:191. Amynthas sieboldi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex hasselti Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:190. Planapheretima hasselti - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex indicus Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:186. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta monocystis Horst 1899 Notes Leyden Mus.20:202. Polypheretima elongata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta inflata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:327. Metaphire inflata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tjibodae Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:326. Metaphire tjibodae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tjibodae Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:326. Pheretima tjibodae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bosschae Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:324. Pheretima bosschae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta urceolata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:322. Pheretima urceolata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tenkatei Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:321. Metaphire tenkatei - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta variabilis Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:319. Metaphire variabilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta annulata Horst 1890 Notes Leyden Mus.12:236. Metapheretima annulata - Sims and Easton 1972:233
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sluiteri Horst 1890 Notes Leyden Mus.12:234. Pheretima sluiteri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta vordermanni Horst 1890 Notes Leyden Mus.12:231. Amynthas vordermani - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta falcata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus. 15:316. Metaphire falcata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sumatrana Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus 5:189 Metaphire javanica - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus panulirus McKey F. 1959 Northwest.Sci.33:69. Argilophilus panulirus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus adecus Macnab & McKey F. 1959 Northwest Science 33:165. Toutellus adecus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hyoiedes Macnab & McKey F. 1959 Northwest Science 33:158. Toutellus hyoiedes - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus fenderi exutus Macnab & McKey F. 1958 Northwest Science 32:107. Plutellus exutus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus chenowithensis McKey F. 1970 Northwest Sci.44(4):240. Plutellus chenowithensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hammondi McKey F. 1970 Northwest Sci.44(4):235. Plutellus hammondi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hopsonae McKey F. 1970 Northwest Sci.44(4):225. Macnabodrilus hopsonae - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus umbellulariae Macnab 1958 Northwest Sci.32:113. Chetcodrilus umbellulariae - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus fenderi Macnab 1958 Northwest Sci.32:103. Chetcodrilus fenderi - -
Megascolecidae Zacharius obo Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:24 Zacharius obo TPTM -
Megascolecidae Perionychella ngakawau Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:23 Perionychella ngakawau TPTM -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta radula Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:21 Diporochaeta radula TPTM -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta pounamu Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:19 Diporochaeta pounamu TPTM -
Megascolecidae Hypogaeon orthostichon Schmarda, 1861 Neue wirbellose Tiere, vol. 1. p. 12 Tokea orthostichon - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Perichaeta branchycycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex branchycyclus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta cingulata Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex cingulatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta leucocycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex leucocyclus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta viridis Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex Spec. Inc. Sed. - -
Megascolecidae Tassiedrilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p315 Tassiderilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Plutelloides gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.977 Plutelloides gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Pericryptodrilus monteithi Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.945 Pericryptodrilus monteithi - -
Megascolecidae Occicryptordilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.896 Occicryptodrilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Kangaridrilus gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.843 Kangaridrilus gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus albus Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.74. Vesiculodrilus albus - -
Megascolecidae Haereodrilus reichelti Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.735 Haereodrilus reichelti - -
Megascolecidae Haereodrilus gen nov Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.735 Haereodrlius gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Geofdyneia gen nov Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.667. Geofdyneia gen nov - -
Megascolecidae Gemascolex gelasinus Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.636. Gemascolex gelasinus - -
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