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 Nexogaster quaterni Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Nexogaster quaterni - -
Megascolecidae Perissogaster queenslandica Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1529. Perissogaster queenslandica - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus queenslandica Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:41. Cryptodrilus queenslandica - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta queenslandica Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:962. Amynthas queenslandicus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quelparta Kobayashi 1937 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:347. Metaphire quelparta - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire quelparta seogwipo Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):38 Metaphire quelparta seogwipo NIBR-IV000261223 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire quelparta valhalla Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):39 Metaphire quelparta valhalla NIBR-IV0000251099 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima queribunda Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:25. Metapheretima queribunda - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quincunxia S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2004. 52(2):295. Pheretima quincunxia - -
Megascolecidae Anisogaster quini Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisogaster quini - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas quinqueconvexus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1237 Amynthas quinqueconvexus - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima quinqueremis Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):85. Metapheretima quinqueremis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quintana Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.239 Amynthas quintanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Megascolex quintus Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:268. Megascolex quintus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta racemosa Rosa 1891 Ann.Hoff.Wien 6:399. Pheretima racemosa - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta radula Blakemore 2010 New Zealand earthworms CD-ROM:21 Diporochaeta radula TPTM -
Megascolecidae Megascolides raglani Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:31. Megascolides raglani - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rahuli Hasan, Ghosh & Mandal 2019 J Appl Zool Res 30:14 Perionyx rahuli ZSI An5725/1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima rallida Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:106. Amynthas rallidus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ralla Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:104. Amynthas rallus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus rallus Gates 1945 J.Roy.Asiatic Soc.Bengal.11:72. Plutellus rallus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus ramosus copiafluvis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Cryptodrilus ramosus copiafluvis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus ramosus monsagris Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Cryptodrilus ramosus monsagris - -
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 Spenceriella duodecimalis regularis Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.24:330. Celeriella regularis - -
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 - -
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