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 Amynthas sakonnakhonensis Chanabun & Panha 2023 ZooKeys 1176:203 Amynthas sakonnakhonensis CUMZ 3823 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima rutila Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:111. Amynthas rutilus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas ruiyenensis Shen 2019 Zootaxa 4658:110 Amynthas ruiyenensis TESRI-O-H-55, RY023 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufula Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:543. Amynthas rufulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rubella Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:108. Amynthas rubellus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rokugo Beddard 1892 Zool.Jb.Syst.6:756. Amynthas rokugo - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rodericensis Grube 1879 Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc.London 168:554. Amynthas rodericensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta burliarensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:667. Amynthas rodericensis - Michaelsen 1910:11
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dyeri Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:157. Amynthas rodericensis - Blakemore 2014:120
Megascolecidae Pheretima rockefelleri Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:238. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hsinpuensis Kuo 1995 Nat. Hsin. Teach. Coll. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta robusta Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:112. Amynthas robustus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ornata Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):20. Amynthas robustus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rimosa Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:408. Amynthas rimosus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas righii Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):87. Amynthas righii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rhabdoida Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:410. Amynthas rhabdoidus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas retortus Sun & Jiang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:2505 Amynthas retortus C-SC201102-15A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas retentus Li & Jiang 2024 Zootaxa 5410:55 Amynthas retentus GX201210-11 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima rennelana Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel Is.2:11. Amynthas rennelanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima reisuiensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:139. Amynthas reisuiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima referta Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:405. Amynthas refertus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas reductus Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2022 Zootaxa 5093:484 Amynthas reductus CTU-EW.051.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta recta Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:284. Amynthas rectus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rechingeri Cognetti 1909 Boll.Mus.Torino 24(604):1. Amynthas rechingeri - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas recavus Yuan & Jiang 2019 J Nat Hist 53:1965 Amynthas recavus YN201109-09 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas rarus Lam, Tran & Nguyen 2024 Zootaxa 5406:566 Amynthas rarus CTU EW.193.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima ralla Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:104. Amynthas rallus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rallida Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:106. Amynthas rallidus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quintana Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.239 Amynthas quintanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Amynthas quinqueconvexus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1237 Amynthas quinqueconvexus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta queenslandica Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:962. Amynthas queenslandicus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas quadriorbis Shen & Chang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:1891 Amynthas quadriorbis TESRI-O-H-47 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas quadrapulvinatus Wu Jihua, et al 1997 Sichuan Journal of Zoology 16(1):3. Amynthas quadrapulvinatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas qiongzhongensis Jiang & Zhao 2015 J Nat Hist 49:13 Amynthas qiongzhongensis C-HN022-02A -
Megascolecidae Amynthas pyeongchangensis Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1250 Amynthas pyeongchangensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta purpurea Benham 1897 Ann.Nat.Hist.18:445. Amynthas purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima purpurata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.42 Amynthas purpuratus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Amynthas pulvinus Sun & Jiang 2013 J Nat Hist 47:1156 Amynthas pulvinus SNM C-HN201115-08 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas pulcher Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:16. Amynthas pulcher - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta propora Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:522. Amynthas proporus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima procera Gates 1937 Bull.Raffles Mus.13:193. Amynthas procerus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas proasacceus Tsai, Shen, Tsai 2001 Zool. Stud., 40(4): 282. Amynthas proasacceus - Shen 2018 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima principalis Michaelsen 1932 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.8(32):1. Amynthas principalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima primadamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:526. Amynthas primadamae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima porrecta Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:444. Amynthas porrectus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas poropapillatus Nguyen, Lam, Trinh & Nguyen 2020 ZooKeys 932:20 Amynthas poropapillatus CTU-EW.190.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima pongchii Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:279. Amynthas pongchii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pomella Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):14. Amynthas pomellus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polytoreuta Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A.(3):27. Amynthas polytoreutus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polyglandularis Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:30. Amynthas polyglandularis - -
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