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 Pheretima dura Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.107 Amynthas fuscatus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima montana Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.103 Amynthas fuscatus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima turgida Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.110 Amynthas fuscatus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima flavida Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.16 Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lactea Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.28 Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mitakensis Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.28 Amynthas fuscatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonmontanus Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas fuscatus nom. nov. pro Pheretima montana Ishizuka, 1999 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex funis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:210. Megascolex funis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fungina Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:389. Amynthas funginus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fucosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:526. Amynthas fucosus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fucatus Zhao & Jiang 2013 J Nat Hist 47:2185 Amynthas fucatus SNM C-HN201114-01Z -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima fruticosa Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 349 Polypheretima fruticosa - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta frosti Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:20. Trichaeta frosti - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta frosti Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:62. Diporochaeta frosti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Planapheretima) frondicola Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:17. Planapheretima frondicola - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta frenchii Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:9. Spenceriella frenchii - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus frenchi Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:135. Cryptodrilus frenchi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima freesei Ude 1924 Zool.Anz.61:85. Amynthas freesei - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera fragumae Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 346 Pithemera fragumae - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx foveolatus Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:396. Perionyx foveolatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fovella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:21. Metaphire fovella - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx fossus Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:214. Perionyx fossus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire fortuita Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:225 Metaphire fortuita HN201506-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima fornicata Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):9. Amynthas fornicatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima formosae Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):39. Metaphire formosae -
Megascolecidae Amynthas chaishanensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1021. Metaphire formosae - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Pheretima fordi Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:40. Metaphire fordi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta forbesi Beddard 1890 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1890:65. Amynthas forbesi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides fontis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides fontis - -
Megascolecidae Arctiostrotus fontinalis McKey et.al. 1994 Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(7):1329. Arctiostrotus fontinalis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus fonsager Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus fonsager - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fokiensis Michaelsen 1931 Zool.Jb.Syst.61:574. Amynthas fokiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluxa Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:133. Amynthas fluxus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fluviatilis Zhao & Sun 2013 J Nat Hist 47:2183 Amynthas fluviatilis SNM C-HN014-01 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialoides Huynh Thi Kim Hoi 1998 Tap chi Sinh Hoc, 1998. 20(1):10-11. Metaphire fluvialoides - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flustrella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:19. Amynthas flustrellus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta floweri Benham 1897 J.Linn.Soc.26:217. Pheretima floweri - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta floris Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta floris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima floresiana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:108. Metaphire floresiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima floresi Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:360 Pheretima floresi NMP 4617 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima flocellana Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:15. Metaphire flocellana - -
Megascolecidae Caecadrilus flindersi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Caecadrilus flindersi - -
Megascolecidae Gemascolex flindersi Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.632. Gemascolex flindersi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas flexuosus Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:224 Amynthas flexuosus HN201505-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima flexilis Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):7. Amynthas flexilis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus fletcheri Beddard 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:544. Cryptodrilus fletcheri - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex fletcheri Michaelsen 1907 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19(5):21. Megascolex fletcheri - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fleischmani Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:246 Amynthas fleischmani BDNUL0047 - PDF
Megascolecidae Polypheretima fleischmani Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:770 Polypheretima fleischmani MSUN-A009 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta flavescens Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:72. Amynthas flavescens - -
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