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 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 Perionychella hickmani Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):226. Perionychella richea - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella obliquae Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):250. 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 effeminata Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:537. Pheretima rimosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rimosa Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:408. Amynthas rimosus - -
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 ornata Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):20. Amynthas robustus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rockefelleri Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:238. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hsinpuensis Kuo 1995 Nat. Hsin. Teach. Coll. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta rodericensis Grube 1879 Phil.Trans.Roy.Soc.London 168:554. Amynthas rodericensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta burliarensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:667. Amynthas rodericensis - Michaelsen 1910:11
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dyeri Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:157. Amynthas rodericensis - Blakemore 2014:120
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 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 - -
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 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 - -
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