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 alkmaarica Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:298. Pheretima (Planapheretima) alkmaarica - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima barbara Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:302. Pheretima (Planapheretima) barbara - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima barbara ambigua Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:302. Pheretima (Planapheretima) barbara ambigua - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beauforti apotrema Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:297. Pheretima (Planapheretima) beauforti apotrema - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hellwigiana Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:300. Pheretima (Planapheretima) hellwigiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pluviosa Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:300. Pheretima (Planapheretima) pluviosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima invisa Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:294. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kochii Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:293. Polypheretima annulata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hendersoniana Cognetti 1914 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)13:255. Amynthas hendersonianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hendersoniana coelogaster Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:352. Amynthas hendersoniana coelogaster - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ardita Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:353. Metapheretima sentanensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kampeni Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:356. Metapheretima jocchana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima oinakensis Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:355. Metapheretima oinakensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima gjellerupi Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:358. Metaphire gjellerupi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sermowaiana Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:360. Pheretima (Planapheretima) sermowaiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima grata Cognetti 1914 Zool.Jb.Syst.37:362. Polypheretima grata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima maxima Cognetti 1915 Trans.Zool.Soc.Lond.20:493. Amynthas maximus - -
Megascolecidae Parapheretima utekwana Cognetti 1915 Trans.Zool.Soc.London 20:494. Pheretima (Planapheretima) utekwana - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex (Promegascolex) mekongianus Cognetti 1922 Boll.Mus.Torino 37(744):3. Amynthas mekongianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ceramensis Cognetti 1922 Boll.Mus.Torino 37(744):1. Pheretima ceramensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima korinchiana Cognetti 1922 Boll.Mus.Torino 37(733):2. Pheretima korinchiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoeotrocha Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546 Amynthas omtrekensis - invalid emendation
Megascolecidae Amynthas binoculatus Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.41 Amynthas binoculatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sexpectatus Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.38 Amynthas sexpectatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tayalis Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.36 Amynthas tayalis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tungpuensis Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.34 Amynthas tungpuensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire puyuma Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.42 Metaphire puyuma - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire taiwanensis Chu-Fa Tsai, Su-Chen Tsai, Huei-Ping She 2004 Journal of Natural History Metaphire taiwanensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima myriosetosa Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):175. Metaphire myriosetosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima nanula Chen & Yang 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):89. Pheretima nanula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima areniphila Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):91. Pheretima areniphila - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima cruroides Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta.Zool.Sin.21(1):93. Pheretima cruroides - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima heterogens Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):90. Pheretima heterogens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima loti Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):93. Pheretima loti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima medioca Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):92. Pheretima medioca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tschiliensis kokoan Chen & Fong 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):94. Pheretima tschiliensis kokoan - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parva Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):177. Amynthas parva - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pedunculata Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):176. Metaphire pedunculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima yunlongensis Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(2):176. Amynthas yunlongensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima obscuritopora Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.cent.Univ.Nanking.1:28. Amynthas obscuritoporus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kiangsuensis Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.Cent.Univ.Nanking.1:24. Metaphire tschiliensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima vulgaris Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Natn.Cent.Univ.Nanking.1:12. Metaphire vulgaris vulgaris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima vulgaris agricola Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.Cent.Univ.Nanking 1:18. Metaphire vulgaris agricola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:131. Amynthas corrugatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima paraglandularis omeimontia Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:155. Amynthas omeimontis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima szechuanensis Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:160. Amynthas szechuanensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata kulingiana Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:278. Amynthas corrugatus kulingianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima incongrua Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:270. Amynthas incongruus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leucocirca Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:262. Amynthas leucocircus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rockefelleri Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:238. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
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