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 bivaginata Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:666. Lampito mauritii - Stephenson 1923:258
Megascolecidae Perichaeta salettensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:669. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta madagascarensis Michaelsen 1891 Arch.Naturg.57(1):227. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Lampito mauritii zeylanica Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:262. Lampito mauritii zeylanica - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides mawarrae Benham 1890 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 31:224. Megascolides mawarrae - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta mawbanna Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta mawbanna - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maxima Cognetti 1915 Trans.Zool.Soc.Lond.20:493. Amynthas maximus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas maximus Qiu & Dong 2019 ZooKeys 884:25 Amynthas maximus C-GX201304-01A - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolex mazarredi Rosa 1894 Atti.Acad.Torino 29:6. Archipheretima mazarredi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius mcdonaldi Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):163. Terrisswalkerius mcdonaldi - -
Megascolecidae Neodiplotrema mcdonaldi Jamieson, B. G. M. 1997 Neodiplotrema mcdonaldi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius mcilwraithi Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):263. Terrisswalkerius mcilwraithi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex mediaeviae Michaelsen 1907 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:19. Megascolex mediaeviae - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima medialis Lam, Nguyen & Nguyen 2018 Bull Raffles Mus 66:573 Polypheretima medialis CTU-EW.184.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima medioca Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):92. Pheretima medioca - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta mediocincta Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:53. Diporochaeta mediocincta - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus mediocris Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1544. Cryptodrilus mediocris - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus mediterreus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:614. Cryptodrilus mediterreus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex meekae Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p.217 Notoscolex meekae - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta megagaster Blakemore, R. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1831. Anisochaeta megagaster - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas megapapillatus Qiu, Wang H & Wang W 1991 Guizhou Science 9:221 Amynthas megapapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnipapillata Qiu & Wang H 1992 Acta Zootax Sin 17:264 Amynthas megapapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta megascolidioides Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:21. Amynthas megascolidioides - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas meioglandularis Qui et al 1993 Acta Zootax.Sin.18(4):406. Amynthas meioglandularis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex (Promegascolex) mekongianus Cognetti 1922 Boll.Mus.Torino 37(744):3. Amynthas mekongianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialis Gates 1939 J.Thailand Res.Soc.12:89. Amynthas mekongianus - Blakemore et al 207:21
Megascolecidae Polypheretima mekongmontis Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen 2014 Zootaxa 3866:118 Polypheretima mekongmontis CTU. EW028?h01 -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus melaleucus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus melaleucus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus melaleuteus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus melaleuteus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx memoralis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):345. Perionyx memoralis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus mendilai Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):177. Plutellus mendilai - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mendosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:473. Metaphire mendosa - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus menurus Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):169. Fletcherodrilus menurus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta merabahensis Beddard & Fedarb 1895 Ann.Nat.Hist.16:72. Metaphire merabahensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mertoni Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.33:256. Polypheretima mertoni - -
Megascolecidae Retrovescus mesibovi Blakemore, R. 1998 Invertebrate Taxonomy 12/4/ 1998:660. Retrovescus mesibovi - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus mesibovi Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus mesibovi - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus metandris Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus metandris - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta metandris Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta metandris - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster miagao Blakemore 2016 Opusc Zool Budapest 47:26 Pleionogaster miagao UPV S7 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima michaelseni Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:103. Metaphire michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides michaelseni F.Smith 1937 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):168. Driloleirus michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex michaelseni Julka 1976 Rec.Zool.Surv.India 69:233. Tonoscolex michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex michaelseni Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 161 Notoscolex michaelseni BMNH 420 -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella michaelseni Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 162 Woodwardiella michaelseni BMNH 425 -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus microchaeta Benham 1950 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.78:324. Cryptodrilus microchaeta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta micronaria Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:74. Amynthas micronarius NMST An446 Neotype Blakemore 2012:140
Megascolecidae Pheretima hypogaea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.235 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima elliptica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.237 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima tamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.231 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
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