Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima doroa Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:104. Amynthas dorous - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima primadamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:526. Amynthas primadamae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tertiadamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:535. Amynthas tertiadamae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tonkinensis Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:529. Amynthas tonkinensis - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima noebiana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:144 Metapheretima noebiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima petahana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:102. Metapheretima petahana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima amplectens Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:501. Metaphire amplectens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bianensis duplofasciata Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:514. Metaphire bianensis duplofasciata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dalatana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:533. Metaphire dalatana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dawydovi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:517. Metaphire dawydovi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima floresiana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:108. Metaphire floresiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fordi Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:40. Metaphire fordi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima langbiangi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:522. Metaphire langbiangi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima stephensoni Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:543. Metaphire stephensoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima varellana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:511. Metaphire varellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima helvola Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:100. Metaphire honbaensis - Gates 1941:1
Megascolecidae Pheretima lejokana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Soc.(n.s.) 77:36. Pheretima lejokana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima touranensis Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:499. Polypheretima touranensis MHNP A730 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima varellana gilva Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:512. Pheretima varellana gilva - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Planapheretima) ambulatrix Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:22. Planapheretima ambulatrix - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Planapheretima) frondicola Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:17. Planapheretima frondicola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beranensis tinjarana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:25. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima koyana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:29. Polypheretima koyana - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus whistleri Michaelsen 1935 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.21:39. Anisochaeta whistleri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima martiorum Michaelsen 1938 Zool.Anz.121:175. Amynthas martiorum - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima versteegi Michaelsen 1938 Zool.Anz.121:172. Amynthas versteegi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima panarana Michaelsen 1938 Zool.Anz.121:167. Metapheretima panarana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bifaria wizzi Michaelsen 1938 Zool.Anz.121:171. Polypheretima bifaria - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baliensis Michaelsen & Boldt 1932 Arch.Hidrobiol.9:609. Amynthas baliensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bryoni Michaelsen & Boldt 1932 Arch.Hydrobiol.9:618. Metaphire bryoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima medipusilla Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas assacceus - nom. nov. pro Ph. pusilla Ohfichi, 1956
Megascolecidae Pheretima medimaculosa Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas malacus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. maculosa Gates, 1933
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparva Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas parvus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Chen & Zhifang, 1977
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparvula Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Metaphire parvula - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Ohfuchi, 1956
Megascolecidae Pheretima medicampestris Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas corticis - nom. nov. pro. Ph. casmpestris Lee, 1952
Megascolecidae Megascolex quadripapillatus Narayanan & Paliwal 2024 Zootaxa 5424:570 Megascolex quadripapillatus ZSI/WGRC/I.R.INV.25142 - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolex jeyporeghatiensis Narayanan & Paliwal 2024 Zootaxa 5424:573 Megascolex jeyporeghatiensis ZSI/WGRC/I.R.INV. 25144 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire sedimensis Ng & Panha 2018 Raffles Bull Zool 66:133 Metaphire sedimensis CUMZ 3672 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire hijauensis Ng & Panha 2018 Raffles Bull Zool 66:136 Metaphire hijauensis CUMZ 3674 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima bachmaensis Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):7. Thang 3. Amynthas? bachmaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima namdongennis Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):5. Thang 3. Amynthas? namdongennis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parataprobanea Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):7. Thang 3. Amynthas? parataprobanea - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tripidoporophorata Nguyen 1993 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 15(1):5. Thang 3. Amynthas? tripidoporophorata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mangophila Nguyen 2011 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 33(1):24 Metaphire mangophila ZBDCT-EWh017 Blakemore 2016
Megascolecidae Pheretima thaii Nguyen 2011 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 33(1):26 Metaphire baii ZBDCT-EWh031 nom nov Blakemore 2016
Megascolecidae Metaphire nhuongi Nguyen 2016 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 38:442 Metaphire nhuongi CTU-EW.024.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Polypheretima alba Nguyen 2016 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 38:444 Polypheretima alba CTU-EW.101.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire grandiverticulata Nguyen & Lam 2017 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 39:410 Metaphire grandiverticulata CTU-EW.089.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire malayanoides Nguyen & Lam 2017 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 39:407 Metaphire malayanoides CTU-EW.084.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire xuanlocensis Nguyen & Lam 2017 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 39:412 Metaphire xuanlocensis CTU-EW.086.h01 - PDF
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