Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima houlleti bidenryoana Ohfuchi 1956 Journ.of.Agr.Sci.Tokyo 3:169. Amynthas flavescens - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta houlleti Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:99. Metaphire houlleti - -
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 Megascolex horai Stephenson 1922 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:432. Megascolex horai - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx horai Stephenson 1924 Rec.ind.Mus.26:342. Perionyx horai - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hopsonae McKey F. 1970 Northwest Sci.44(4):225. Macnabodrilus hopsonae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima honkongensis Michaelsen 1910 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.17:(2):107. Pheretima honkongensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas hongyehensis Tsai & Shen 2010 J. Nat. Hist. 44: 1263 Amynthas hongyehensis TESRI-O-H-34 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima honbaensis Gates 1941 Rec.Ind.Mus.43:497. Metaphire honbaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoseta Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:414. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas homoeotrochus Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546. Amynthas homoeotrochus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoeotrocha Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546 Amynthas omtrekensis - invalid emendation
Megascolecidae Spenceriella hollowayi Jamieson 1977 Rec.Aust.Mus.30:287. Spenceriella hollowayi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas hohuanmonti Tsai, Shen & Tsai 2002 J. Nat. Hist., 36: 758. Amynthas candidus ? - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hoggii Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:6. Spenceriella hoggi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hogemanni Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:104. Pheretima hogemanni - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus hobartensis Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:37. Vesiculodrilus hobartensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hobaensis Gates 1941 Rec.Ind.Mus.43:497. Metaphire hobaensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas hoauykanangensis Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:241 Amynthas hoauykanangensis BDNUL0033 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima hirudinaria Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:14. Planapheretima hirudinaria - -
Megascolecidae Heteroporodrilus hirthi Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p.205 Heteroporodrilus hirthi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hippocrepis Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:607. Amynthas hippocrepis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hinoharensis Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series a (Zoology)p.187 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Perionyx hingstoni Stephenson 1925 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1925:895. Perionyx hingstoni - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx himalayanus Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):159. Perionyx himalayanus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus himalayanus Gates 1945 J.Roy.AsiaticSoc.Bengal.11:71. Plutellus himalayanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima himalayana Stephenson 1925 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1925:893. Amynthas himalayanus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hilgendorfi Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:235. Amynthas hilgendorfi - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire hijauensis Ng & Panha 2018 Raffles Bull Zool 66:136 Metaphire hijauensis CUMZ 3674 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima hiepcatana Do & Tran 1994 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 16(1):26. Thang 3. Amynthas? hiepcatanus - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella hickmani Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):226. Perionychella richea - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hiberna Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.233 Amynthas hibernus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Amynthas hiatus Qiu & Yuan 2019 J Nat Hist 53:1963 Amynthas hiatus YN201107-14 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima hexita Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:100. Amynthas hexitus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hexatheca Benham 1897 Ann.Nat.Hist.18:440. Amynthas hexathecus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima heurni Michaelsen 1924 Nova Guinea 15(1):23. Amynthas heurni - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus heteroporus Perrier 1873 Arch.Zool.2:245. Plutellus heteroporus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta heteropoda Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:69. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima heterogens Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):90. Pheretima heterogens - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex heterochaetus Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh. 52(13):25. Megascolex heterochaetus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta heterochaeta Michaelsen 1891 Abh.Ver.Hamb.11:6. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta heterochaeta Benham 1909 Subant.Is.N.Z.1:28. Diporochaeta heterochaeta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hesperidum Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:169. Metaphire hesperidum - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas heshanensis Zhang, Li and Qiu 2006 J. Nat. Hist., 40: 396. Amynthas heshanensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas hengchunensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1015. Metaphire paiwanna hengchunensis - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Pheretima hendersoniana coelogaster Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:352. Amynthas hendersoniana coelogaster - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hendersoniana Cognetti 1914 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)13:255. Amynthas hendersonianus - -
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