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 Megascolides eiseni F.Smith 1937 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):171. Driloleirus eiseni - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx egmonti Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:43. Perionyx egmonti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima effeminata rimosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:537. Amynthas effeminatus rimosus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas edwardsi Zhao and Qiu 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(17-18): 1038. Amynthas edwardsi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima edoensis Ishizuka , Shishik 2000 Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 35: 1-18. Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Heteroporodrilus editus Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p.204 Heteroporodrilus editus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima edita Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.(B) 16:94. Amynthas editus - -
Megascolecidae Digaster eastoni Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p. 218 Digaster eastoni - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta eastoni Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.152 Anisochaeta eastoni - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eastoni Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):83. Amynthas eastoni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dyeri Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:157. Amynthas rodericensis - Blakemore 2014:120
Megascolecidae Metapheretima durendali Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):104. Metapheretima durendali - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dura Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.107 Amynthas fuscatus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima duplicoeca Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):822. Amynthas? duplicoeca - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex duplex Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex duplex - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p. 101 Vesiculodrilus duodecithecatus - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis typica Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:330. Spenceriella duodecimalis typica - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis regularis Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:330. Celeriella regularis - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis quadripapillata Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:331. Celeriella quadripapillata - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis ditheca Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:332. Celeriella ditheca - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella duodecimalis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):152. Celeriella duodecimalis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides duodecimalis Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:65. Travoscolides duodecimalis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx (Diporochaeta) duodecimalis Michaelsen 1924 Vid.Meddel.Nat.Foren.75:229. Diporochaeta duodecimalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dunckeri Michaelsen 1903 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.19:9. Metaphire dunckeri - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire dunan Shen, Chang & Ota 2022 ODE 22:53 Metaphire dunan RUMF-ZO-00059 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pithemera duminagati Aspe & James 2015 J. Nat. Hist. 49: 2245 Pithemera duminagati NMA 4529 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima duliti Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:108. Metaphire duliti - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera duhuani Hong & James 2008 Rev. Suisse Zool. 115: 345 Pithemera duhuani - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus dubius Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:136. Cryptodrilus dubius - -
Megascolecidae Lampito dubius Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:315. Lampito dubius - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dubia Horst 1893 Reise Niederl.O.Ind.3:68. Pheretima dubia - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dubia Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:14. Diporochaeta dubia - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus dubariensis Michaelsen 1926 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.38:61. Plutellus dubariensis - -
Megascolecidae Gastrodrilus driesseni Blakemore, R. 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p. 26 Gastrodrilus driesseni - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas draconis Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):78. Amynthas draconis - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus doveri Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aporodrilus doveri - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas douliouensis Shen & Chang 2016 J Nat Hist 50:1895 Amynthas douliouensis TESRI-O-H-48 -
Megascolecidae Heteroporodrilus doubei Blakemore 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):26. Heteroporodrilus doubei - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dorsualis Qiu & Sun 2013 J Nat Hist 47: 1147 Amynthas dorsualis SNM C-HN027-07 -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima dorsotheca Nguyen & Nguyen 2017 J Nat Hist 51:908 Polypheretima dorsotheca CTU-EW 100.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire dorsomultitheca Nguyen & Nguyen 2015 Raffles Bull Zool 63:465 Metaphire dorsomultitheca CTU.EW025?h01 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dorsomorrioides Nguyen & Nguyen 2020 Zootaxa 4790:281 Amynthas dorsomorrioides CTU-EW.174.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta dorsochaeta Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450, Zool.313:480. Travoscolides dorsochaeta - Blakemore 2006: 48
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dorsalis Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:618. Gemascolex dorsalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dorsalis Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A (3):52. Metaphire dorsalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima doroa Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:104. Amynthas dorous - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima dorii Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):108. Metapheretima dorii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima doriae Hong & James 2009 Zootaxa 2059: 39. Pheretima doriae - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex dorazioi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex dorazioi - -
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