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 Amynthas rarus Lam, Tran & Nguyen 2024 Zootaxa 5406:566 Amynthas rarus CTU EW.193.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima rarusa Thai, Tran Bai 1997 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 19/3/ Thang 9 1997:1. Planapheretima rarusa SORC-V.202 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Megascolex ratus Cognetti 1911 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)7:500. Megascolex ratus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta raveni Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:48. Diporochaeta raveni - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus raveni Jamieson & Nash 1976 Proc.Roy.Soc.Qd.87:47. Plutellus raveni - -
Megascolecidae Begemius raveni Easton 1982 Aust.J.Zool.30:724. Begemius raveni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta raymondiana Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:398. Spenceriella raymondiana - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas recavus Yuan & Jiang 2019 J Nat Hist 53:1965 Amynthas recavus YN201109-09 - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus recessus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus recessus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rechingeri Cognetti 1909 Boll.Mus.Torino 24(604):1. Amynthas rechingeri - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire reclusa Yuan & Dong 2019 Zootaxa 4664:397 Metaphire reclusa YN201109-03A - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta recta Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:284. Amynthas rectus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas reductus Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2022 Zootaxa 5093:484 Amynthas reductus CTU-EW.051.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima referta Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:405. Amynthas refertus - -
Megascolecidae Haereodrilus reichelti Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.735 Haereodrilus reichelti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima reisuiensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:139. Amynthas reisuiensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire remanens Jin et al. 2022 Diversity 14(275):12 Metaphire remanens P1CJHUSH190521800 N5-04A not available (fails to meet ICZN 8.5.3) PDF
Megascolecidae Anisogaster remora Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisogaster remora - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rennelana Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel Is.2:11. Amynthas rennelanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima renschi Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:141. Polypheretima renschi - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex repanga Blakemore 2011 ZooKeys 160: 33 Notoscolex repanga AMNZ 5253 -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex reptans Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:400. Megascolides reptans - Michaelsen 1907
Megascolecidae Amynthas retentus Li & Jiang 2024 Zootaxa 5410:55 Amynthas retentus GX201210-11 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas retortus Sun & Jiang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:2505 Amynthas retortus C-SC201102-15A - PDF
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex retrocystis Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):587. Oreoscolex retrocystis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rhabdoida Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:410. Amynthas rhabdoidus - -
Megascolecidae Archipheretima ricei James 2009 ODE 9(3):244e11 Archipheretima ricei NMA, KUNHM -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta richardi Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:58. Diporochaeta richardi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta richea Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:49. Perionychella richea - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus richikensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.India,Occ.Pap (0)26:12. Plutellus richikensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas righii Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):87. Amynthas righii - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rimatus Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:206. Perionyx rimatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rimosa Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:408. Amynthas rimosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rimosa effeminata Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:537. Pheretima rimosa - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ringeana Michaelsen 1890 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.7:10. Metaphire ringeana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima riparianensis Hong & James 2021 Zootaxa 4995:358 Pheretima riparianensis NMA 4629 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima riukiuensis Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:248. Metaphire riukiuensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta robusta Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:112. Amynthas robustus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex robustus Vaillant 1889 Hist.Nat.Annel.3(1):76. Megascolex robustus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rockefelleri Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:238. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rodericensis Grube 1879 Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc.London 168:554. Amynthas rodericensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex rodwayi Stephenson 1931 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1931:53. Anisochaeta rodwayi - Blakemore 2000
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rokugo Beddard 1892 Zool.Jb.Syst.6:756. Amynthas rokugo - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rosai Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:140. Metapheretima sembalunensis - -
Megascolecidae Digaster rosea Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.410 Digaster rosea - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides roseus Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:153. Megascolides roseus - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera rotunda James, S.W., Hong, Y., Kim,T.H. 2004 Rev.suisse Zool. 111(1):7 Pithemera rotunda - -
Megascolecidae Diplotrema rouxi Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):251. Plutellus rouxi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rubella Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:108. Amynthas rubellus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus rubens Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:381. Cryptodrilus rubens - -
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