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 incongrua Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:270. Amynthas incongruus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus incommodus Jamieson & Nash 1976 Proc.Roy.Soc.Qd.87:47. Plutellus incommodus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima inclara Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:43. Metaphire inclara - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides incertus Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:151. Megascolides incertus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima incerta Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:197. Metaphire incerta - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas impudens Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:84. Metaphire impudens - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides improbus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides improbus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima imperfecta Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.229 Amynthas imperfectus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Mahbenus imperatrix Bourne 1894 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 36:12. Megascolex imperatrix - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex imparicystis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):209. Megascolex imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex imparicystis Jamieson 1973 Rec.Aust.Mus.28(11):215. Oreoscolex imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella imparicystis Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):103. Spenceriella imparicystis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima immerita Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:389. Amynthas immertus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima immanis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:412 Pheretima immanis NMA 4507 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima illota Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:397. Amynthas illotus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex illidgei Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:50. Megascolex illidgei - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus illawarrae Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1546. Cryptodrilus illawarrae - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex illawarrae Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:1523. Megascolides illawarrae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ignobilis Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):11. Metaphire ignobilis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx igatpuriensis Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:220. Perionyx igatpuriensis - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera ifugaoensis Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 347 Pithemera ifugaoensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ichangensis Fang 1933 Sinensia Nank.3:180. Metaphire ichangensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hyoiedes Macnab & McKey F. 1959 Northwest Science 33:158. Toutellus hyoiedes - -
Megascolecidae Argilophilus hyalinus Eisen 1900 Proc.Calif.Acad.Sci.(3)2:163. Plutellus hyalinus - -
Megascolecidae Tokea huttoni Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:248. Tokea huttoni - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Plutellus hutchingsae Jamieson 1977 Res.Aust.Mus.30:276. Plutellus hutchingsae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hupeiensis Michaelsen 1895 Abh.Ver.hamb.13:35. Amynthas hupeiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hupbonensis Stephenson 1931 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1931:61. Amynthas hupbonensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex huoni Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex huoni - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima huonensis Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):63. Polypheretima huonensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire hunanensis Tan & Zhong 1986 Acta.Zootax.Sin.11(2):144. Metaphire hunanensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides hulmei Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:147. Megascolides hulmei - -
Megascolecidae Propheretima hugalli Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):592. Propheretima hugalli - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas huapingensis Qiu & Li 2024 Zootaxa 5410:52 Amynthas huapingensis GX201216-06A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas hsiyinensis Shen & Chih 2014 J Nat Hist 48:501 Amynthas hsiyinensis TESRI-O-H-39 -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta howeana Jamieson 1977 Rec.Aust.Mus.30:281. Diporochaeta howeana - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella howeana Jamieson 1977 Rec.Aust.Mus.30:288. Spenceriella howeana - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire houlletoides Nguyen, Nam, Lam & Nguyen 2020 Raffles Bull Zool 68:232 Metaphire houlletoides CTU-EW.180.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima houlleti tortuosa Gates 1926 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(9)17:454. Metaphire houlleti tortuosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima houlleti rugosa Gates 1926 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(9)17:459. Metaphire houlleti rugosa - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta houlleti Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:99. Metaphire houlleti - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas huangi S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1014. Metaphire houlleti - https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2133.1.3
Megascolecidae Megascolex hortonensis Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:83. Megascolex hortonensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex hortensis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):199. Notoscolex hortensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta horsti Beddard 1886 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:300. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster horsti Beddard 1886 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:300. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster jagori Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:247. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster samariensis Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):248. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster ternatae Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:198. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster sivickisi Stephenson 1933 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1933:923. Pleionogaster horsti - -
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