Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Tokea urewerae Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:246. Tokea urewerae - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus polynephricus urethrae Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):288. Aporodrilus urethrae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta urceolata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:322. Pheretima urceolata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baweanensis Michaelsen 1925 Treubia 5:389. Pheretima urceolata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta upoluensis Beddard 1887 proc.Roy.Soc.Edinb.14:174. Amynthas upoluensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex unipapillatus Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:402. megascolides unipapillatus - Michaelsen 1916
Megascolecidae Pheretima unicystis Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):561. Pheretima unicystis - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus typicus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32.(Fletcher:Notes on Austrl.Eathw.V.Ebendas.III.2.) Fletcherodrilus unicus typicus - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus purpureus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32.(Mich.:Oligo.Nat.hist.Mus.Hamb.I.-Fahrb.wiss.Anst.Hamb.Bd.VI. Fletcherodrilus unicus purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus pelewensis Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32. Fletcherodrilus unicus pelewensis - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus major Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:44. Fletcherodrilus unicus major - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus fasciatus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32.(Fletcher:Notes on Austrl.Eathw.VI.Ebendas.IV.2.) Fletcherodrilus unicus fasciatus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus uncius Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1540. Cryptodrilus uncius - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus uncinatus Stephenson 1932 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:907(?) Plutellus uncinatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima umbraticola Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:484. Metaphire umbraticola - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides umbonis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides umbonis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus umbellulariae Macnab 1958 Northwest Sci.32:113. Chetcodrilus umbellulariae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ultoria Chen 1935 Bull.Fan.Mem.Inst.Biol.6:42. Amynthas ultorius - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ullandullae Boardman 1931 Rec.Aust.Mus.18:161. Notoscolex ullandullae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta udekemi Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):240. Metaphire udekemi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta udei Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:521. Amynthas udei - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas turris Bantaowong & Panha 2015 Trop Nat Hist 15(2): 169 Amynthas turris CUMZ 3397 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima turneri Ude 1924 Zool.Anz.61:83. Pheretima (Planapheretima) turneri - -
Megascolecidae Kanchuria turaensis Julka 1988 Res.Bull.(Sci) Panjab Univ.39(1-2):89. Kanchuria turaensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella tunnackensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):253. Vesiculodrilus tunnackensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tungpuensis Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.34 Amynthas tungpuensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex tuberculatus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:611. Notoscolex tuberculatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tuberculata Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):18. Amynthas tuberculatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tsou Shen & Chang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:1898 Amynthas tsou TESRI-O-H-49 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tschiliensis lanzhouensis Feng 1984 Zool.Res.5(1):47. Pheretima tschiliensis lanzhouensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tschiliensis kokoan Chen & Fong 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):94. Pheretima tschiliensis kokoan - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tschiliensis Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A.(2):13. Metaphire tschiliensis - Shen 2018:327 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima kiangsuensis Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.Cent.Univ.Nanking.1:24. Metaphire tschiliensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus tryoni Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:994. Cryptodrilus tryoni - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire trutina Tsai, Chen, Tsai, Shen 2003 Endemic species research, 5: 83. Metaphire trutina - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire yuanpowa Chang and Chen 2005 J. Nat. Hist., 39: 1470. Metaphire trutina - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Pheretima truongsonensis Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.63(2):288. Amynthas? truongsonensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima trukensis Ohfuchi 1940 Palao.Trop.Biol.Stu.Stud.2:20. Metapheretima trukensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex trivandranus Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:330. Megascolex trivandranus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima trivandrana Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:335. Metaphire trivandrana - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex triquetrus Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:370. Tonoscolex triquetrus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tripuncta Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:85. Amynthas tripunctus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex triplex Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex triplex - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tripidoporophorata Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):5. Thang 3. Amynthas? tripidoporophorata - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex tripartitus Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:58. Megascolex tripartitus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta trinitatis Beddard 1896 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1896:206. Amynthas trinitatis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus trincomaliensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:188. Cryptodrilus trincomaliensis - -
Megascolecidae Lampito trilobata Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.10:340. Lampito trilobata - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima triciae Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):94. Metapheretima triciae - -
Megascolecidae Trichaeta australis Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:30. Anisochaeta trichaeta - Blakemore 2000:3
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