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 ruber Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:29. Tokea ruber - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta rubertumula Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p.13 Diporochaeta rubertumula - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex rubescens Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):205. Notoscolex rubescens - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides rubicundus Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:309. Megascolides rubicundus - -
Megascolecidae Aporodrilus rubicundus Blakemore, R. 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p.25 Aporodrilus rubicundus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rubida S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):304. Pheretima rubida - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rubra Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:8. Spenceriella rubra - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus rudis Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:420. Plutellus rudis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufa Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):160. Pheretima (Planapheretima) rufa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufidula Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.15 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufomaculata Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):162. Planapheretima rufomaculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufula Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:543. Amynthas rufulus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx rufulus Gates 1945 J.Roy.Asiatic Soc.Bengal 11:74. Perionyx rufulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rugosa S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2004. 52(2):300. Pheretima rugosa - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas ruiyenensis Shen 2019 Zootaxa 4658:110 Amynthas ruiyenensis TESRI-O-H-55, RY023 - PDF
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus rusticus Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:570. Cryptodrilus rusticus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire rusydii Fahri, Amaliah & Nguyen 2018 ZooKeys 805:9 Metaphire rusydii MZB Oli. 066 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima rutila Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:111. Amynthas rutilus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire ryunome Blakemore 2012 J Species Res 1(2): 145 Metaphire ryunome NMST An457 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima saba Sims & Eatson 1972 Biol.J.Linn.Soc.4(3):265. Planapheretima saba - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus saccarius Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:951. Cryptodrilus saccarius - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus saccarius montanus Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1011. Cryptodrilus saccarius montanus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus saccarius robustus Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1012. Cryptodrilus saccarius robustus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus sadhupulensis Julka et al 1994 Research Bull.Panjab Univ.Sci.44(1-4):217. Plutellus sadhupulensis - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima sahlani Fahri & Amaliah 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:562 Polypheretima sahlani MZB Oli. 0056 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima saigonensis Omodeo 1956 Mem.Mus.Civ.St.Nat.Verona 5:327. Metaphire bahli - Nguyen et al. 2021 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima sakaguchii Ohfuchi 1938 Res.Bull.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.15:53. Metaphire sakaguchii - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sakonnakhonensis Chanabun & Panha 2023 ZooKeys 1176:203 Amynthas sakonnakhonensis CUMZ 3823 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima salcedoi Hong & James 2011 J. Nat. Hist. 45: 1775 Pheretima salcedoi NMA 04375 -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta salettensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:669. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Megascolides salmo Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides salmo - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx saltans Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1886:669. Perionyx saltans - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex salutigerulus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Notoscolex salutigerulus - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster samariensis Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):248. Pleionogaster horsti - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas samgaki Hong 2011 Rev. suisse Zool. 118:226 Amynthas samgaki (NIBRIV0000224642 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sanchongensis Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):90. Amynthas sanchongensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex sanctaehelenae Baird 1873 J.Linn.Soc.11:96. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sanctijacobi Beddard 1895 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1895:61. Amynthas sanctijacobi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides sanctorum Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides sanctorum - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sandvicensis Beddard 1896 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1896:203. Metaphire sandvicensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sangirensis Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:36. Pheretima sangirensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sangirensis chica Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:79. Amynthas sangirensis chica - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sangirensis crassicystis Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:79. Amynthas sangirensis crassicystis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sangirensis typicus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:77. Amynthas sangirensis typicus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sangumburi Hong,Yong, Kim, TAe-Heung 2002 Korean Journal of Biological Sciences, p.198 Amynthas sangumburi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sangyeoli Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Zoological Studies 40(4):271. Amynthas carnosus - Shen et al 2003: 484
Megascolecidae Metaphire sanmingensis Sun & Jiang 2018 Zootaxa 4496:296 Metaphire sanmingensis C-FJ201008-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima sanseiana Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Resources Tokyo 19-21:19. Metaphire sanseiana - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx sansibaricus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.9:4. Perionyx sansibaricus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus santaclairis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus santaclairis - -
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