Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima pallescens Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A(3):15. Planapheretima pallescens - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella pallida Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:345. Celeriella pallida - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pallida Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):227. Amynthas pallidus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx pallidus Stephenson 1917 Rec.Ind.Mus.13:376. Perionyx pallidus - -
Megascolecidae Pseudonotoscolex pallinupensis Jamieson 1971 J.Zool.London 165:497. Pseudonotoscolex pallinupensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima palmosa Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:116. Amynthas palmosus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus palniensis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.4(2):149. Plutellus palniensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex palniensis Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:333. Notoscolex palniensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima panarana Michaelsen 1938 Zool.Anz.121:167. Metapheretima panarana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Parapheretima) pandanensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):18 Pheretima (Parapheretima) pandanensis NMA 4593 -
Megascolecidae Archipheretima pandanophila James 2009 ODE 9(3):244e13 Archipheretima pandanophila NMA, KUNHM -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pandus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:480. Plutellus pandus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pannosa Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:441. Amynthas pannosus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus panulirus McKey F. 1959 Northwest.Sci.33:69. Argilophilus panulirus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima papilio Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:316. Amynthas papilio - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima papilio fracta Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:539. Amynthas papilio fractus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima papilio hiulca Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:402. Amynthas papilio hiulcus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima papilio insignis Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:402. Amynthas papilio insignis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima papillifera Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):13. Amynthas papilliferus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex papparensis Lone et al. 2022 Diversity 14(1006):12 papparensis DHSGV-ZDM-H004 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta papulosa Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:525. Amynthas papulosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima papulosa sauteri Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):26. Amynthas papulosus sauteri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta papua Rosa 1898 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)39:63. Amynthas papuus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parataprobanae Thai & Nguyen 1993 ? Polypheretima parataprobanae SORC-HV.225 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima parataprobanea Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):7. Thang 3. Amynthas? parataprobanea - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus parattah Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus parattah - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex pardus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex pardus - -
Megascolecidae Neodiplotrema paripunctata Jamieson, B. G. M. 1997 Neodiplotrema paripunctata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parmata Ude 1924 Zool.Anz.61:80. Metapheretima parmata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta parva Ude 1893 Z.wiss.Zool.57:64. Metaphire parva - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides parvus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:30. Tokea parva - Blakemore 2012
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 Pheretima parvula Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:152. Metaphire parvula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparvula Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Metaphire parvula - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Ohfuchi, 1956
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 Plutellus parvus Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:331. Plutellus parvus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparva Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas parvus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Chen & Zhifang, 1977
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 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 -
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