Earthworm species. A searchable database*
Family:
Genus:
Species:
Author:
Year:
Literature:
Valid genus:
Valid species:

This database is continuously updated but far not complete and naturally contains many mistakes. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

Last updated 26. March, 2020

Dear collegues, as the access to the zoological literature is frequently difficult please send your publised papers - preferably in PDF - to the following address: csuzdi.csaba -- alef --- gmail.com

If you are using this database please cite: Csuzdi, Cs. (2012) Earthworm species, a searchable database. Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 43(1): 97-99

eXTReMe Tracker
Found: 2523
FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima parva Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):177. Amynthas parva - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parvicystis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:18. Amynthas parvicystis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parvula Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:68. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parvula Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:152. Metaphire parvula - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx parvulus Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:321. Perionyx parvulus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex parvus Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):30. Megascolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex parvus Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:386. Tonoscolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Nelloscolex parvus Gates 1939 Rec.Ind.Mus.41:42. Nelloscolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides parvus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:30. Tokea parva - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Plutellus parvus Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:331. Plutellus parvus - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima patae Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):61. Polypheretima patae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pataniensis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:222. Amynthas pataniensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pataniensis labuhensis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:224. Amynthas pataniensis labuhensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pattipolensis Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:265. Megascolex pattipolensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pauaiensis Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D)7:194. Amynthas pauaiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima paucisetosa S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):303. Pheretima paucisetosa - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pauli Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:243. Polypheretima taprobanae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pauxillula Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:442. Amynthas pauxillulus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pauxillulus Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:70. Plutellus pauxillulus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas pavimentus Tsai & Shen 2010 J. Nat. Hist. 44: 1252 Amynthas pavimentus TESRI-O-H-31 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pectinifera Michaelsen 1931 Zool.Jb.Syst.61:561. Amynthas pectiniferus - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex peculiaris Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):313. Notoscolex peculiaris - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella pedderensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):251. Hypolimnus pedderensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pedunculata Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):176. Metaphire pedunculata - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex peermadensis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:68. Megascolex peermadensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex peermadensis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:58. Notoscolex peermadensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta peguana Rosa 1890 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)30:113. Metaphire peguana - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire peguana laisonensis Nguyen & Nguyen 2017 J Nat Hist 51:900 Metaphire peguana laisonensis CTU-EW 087.01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pellucida Bourne 1894 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 36:13. Priodochaeta pellucida - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex penguini Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex penguini - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima penichaetifera Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1323. Amynthas? penichaetifera - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus pennyae Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus pennyae - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella penolaensis Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):105. Spenceriella penolaensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas penpuensis Shen, Tsai & Tsai 2003 Zool Stud 42:481 Amynthas penpuensis TERSI-1999-21-Shen - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima penrisseni Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A.(3):11. Archipheretima zonata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pentacystis Rosa 1891 Ann.Mus.Wien.6:400. Polypheretima pentacystis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex pentagonalis Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:331. Megascolex pentagonalis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex peranellus Gates 1945 Spol.Zeyl.24:78. Megascolex peranellus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta peregrina Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:969. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima peregrina v. papillosa Tzelepis 1943 Simvoli Olig Ell. Amynthas corticis -
Megascolecidae Plutellus peregrinus Cernosvitov 1934 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(2)6:48. Plutellus peregrinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima perelae Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):827. Amynthas? perelae - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas perichaeta Beddard 1900 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1900:896. Metaphire perichaeta - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta perionychopsis Benham 1909 Subant.Is.N.Z.1:286. Diporochaeta perionychopsis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta perkinsi Beddard 1896 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1896:198. Amynthas perkinsi - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima perlucidula Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 350 Polypheretima perlucidula - -
Megascolecidae Digaster perrieri Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1530. Digaster perrieri - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus perrieri Benham 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:138. Plutellus perrieri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima petahana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:102. Metapheretima petahana - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas phacellotheca Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:47. Polypheretima phacellotheca - -
Version 0.5