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 bantanensis Chanabun & Panha 2023 ZooKeys 1176:211 Amynthas bantanensis CUMZ 3827 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima baracatanensis Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:361 Pheretima baracatanensis NMP 4618 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barami Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:203. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barbadensis Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:167. Amynthas barbadensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima barbara Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:302. Pheretima (Planapheretima) barbara - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima barbara ambigua Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea volo.9:302. Pheretima barbara .ambigua - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima barbara ambigua Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:302. Pheretima (Planapheretima) barbara ambigua - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire bariaensis Nguyen, Nam, Lam & Nguyen 2020 Raffles Bull Zool 68:225 Metaphire bariaensis CTU-EW.169.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima baritoensis Michaelsen 1932 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.8(32):9. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima barligensis Hong & James 2011 J. Nat. Hist. 45: 1783 Pheretima barligensis NMA 04378 -
Megascolecidae Eudichogaster barodensis Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.10:358. Barogaster barodensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus barringtoni Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p.190 Plutellus barringtoni - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta barronensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:960. Terrisswalkerius barronensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baruana Stephenson 1932 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(10)9:209. Metaphire baruana - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides bassanus Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:46. Graliophilus? bassanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima batoensis Hong & James 2009 Zootaxa 2059: 40. Pheretima batoensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baungonensis S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):303. Pheretima baungonensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baweanensis Michaelsen 1925 Treubia 5:389. Pheretima urceolata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beauforti Cognetti 1911 Boll.Mus.Torino 26:3. Pheretima (Planapheretima) beauforti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beauforti apotrema Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:297. Pheretima (Planapheretima) beauforti apotrema - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beccarii Cognetti 1910 Ann.Mus.Genova (3)4:331. Archipheretima beccarii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bellatula Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:427. Amynthas bellatulus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta belli Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:286. Pheretima belli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima benguetensis Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:183. Pheretima benguetensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima benhami Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:174. Amynthas benhami - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima benigna Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:101. Amynthas benignus - -
Megascolecidae Graliophilus benlomondi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian Earthworms: CD-ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615 Canberra. Graliophilus benlomondi - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella bennetti Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1172 Spenceriella bennetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beranensis Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A (3):23. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima beranensis tinjarana Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:25. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides bergtheili Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):150. Scolioscolides bergtheili - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima berhalana Stephenson 1930 Misc.Zool.Sumatrana 45:1. Metaphire berhalana - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bermudensis Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:160. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bernhardi Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):149. Pheretima (Planapheretima) bernhardi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bianensis Stephenson 1913 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1931:58. Metaphire bianensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bianensis duplofasciata Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:514. Metaphire bianensis duplofasciata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bicincta Perrier 1875 C.R.Acad.Sci.81:1044. Pithemera bicincta - -
Megascolecidae Dendropheretima bicolensis S. W. James 2005 Systematics and Biodiversity 2(3):275. Dendropheretima bicolensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bicolensis Hong & James 2009 Zootaxa 2059: 34. Pheretima bicolensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas biconcavus Quan & Zhong 1989 Acta Zooltax.Sin.14(3):273. Amynthas biconcavus - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex bidiverticulatus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):305. Notoscolex bidiverticulatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bifaria Michaelsen 1924 Nova Guinea 15:18. Polypheretima bifaria - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bifaria wizzi Michaelsen 1938 Zool.Anz.121:171. Polypheretima bifaria - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bifida Gates 1937 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool.80:310. Amynthas bifidus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire bifoliolare Tan & Zhong 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(2):129. Metaphire bifoliolare - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire biforatum Tan & Zhong 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(2):128. Metaphire biforatum - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex bifoveatus Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:266. Megascolex bifoveatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bigibberosa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.40 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Amynthas bilineatus Tsai and Shen 2007 J. Nat. Hist., 41: 362. Amynthas bilineatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bimaculata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.42 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
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