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 Perichaeta densipapillata Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:227. Metaphire densipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dendyi Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:12. Perionychella dendyi - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus dendrophagus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus dendrphagus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas demptus Qiu & Jiang 2019 Zootaxa 4664:392 Amynthas demptus YN201104-03A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amphimiximus delicans Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Amphimiximus delicans - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima deidrae Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):102. Metapheretima deidrae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima defecta Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:308. Amynthas defectus - -
Megascolecidae Aceeca dee Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Aceeca dee - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus decipiens Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:197. Cryptodrilus decipiens - -
Megascolecidae Tokea decipiens Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:241. Megascolides maoricus - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Pheretima decipiens Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:180. Metaphire decipiens - -
Megascolecidae Propheretima decipiens Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1021 Propheretima decipiens - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta decimpapillata Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:71. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire decemtheca Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2021 Eur J Tax 746:103 Metaphire decemtheca CTU-EW.183.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Plutellus decathecus Altman 1936 Univ.Wash.Publ.Biol.4:72. Arctiostrotus altmani - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus decatheca Michaelsen 1910 Mitt.Mus.hanb.27(2):81. Plutellus decatheca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dawydovi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:517. Metaphire dawydovi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus davisi Macnab & McKey F. 1952 Washmann J.Biol.10:344. Nephrallaxis davisi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima davaoensis Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:370 Pheretima davaoensis NMP 4625 - PDF
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta davallia Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:52. Diporochaeta davallia - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dauli fanjinmontis Qui 1992 Sichuan J.Zool.11(1):1. Amynthas dauli fanjinmontis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus dartnalli Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):275. Gastrodrilus dartnalli - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta darnleiensis Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:966. Pheretima darnleiensis - -
Megascolecidae Kanchuria daribokgrensis Lone et al. 2020 JAPB 13:273 Kanchuria daribokgrensis HGCU-190101 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima dangi munglongana Thai & Tran 1986 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 8(4):9 Amynthas munglonganus Nguyen et al. 2016 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima dangi Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1325. Amynthas dangi - Nguyen et al 2016: 2 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima danangana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1322. Amynthas? danangana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dammermanni Michaelsen 1924 Treubia 5:391. Amynthas dammermanni - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx daminensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.Ind.(Misc.Publ.No.26):20. Perionyx daminensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus daminensis Julka 1981 Rev.Zool.Surv.Ind. Plutellus daminensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus dambullaensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:181. Cryptodrilus dambullaensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire daliensis Yuan & Dong 2019 J Nat Hist 53:1968 Metaphire daliensis YN201006-03A - PDF
Megascolecidae Plutellus dalgarangae Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:90. Graliophilus dalgarangae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dalatana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:533. Metaphire dalatana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dahli Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.82:444. Pithemera dahli - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dageletensis Hong & Kim 2005 Korean J. Syst. Zool. 21: 132 Amynthas dageletensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx daflaensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.Ind.(Misc.Publ.No.26):18. Perionyx daflaensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas daeari Blakemore, Lee, Lee & Seo 2013 ZooKeys 307:36 Amynthas daeari NIBR IV0000261261 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire dadingmontis Zhang, W., Li, J., Fu, S., Qiu, J. 2006 Annales Zoologici 56(2): 249-254 Metaphire dadingmontis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dactilica Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:106. Amynthas dactilicus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dabudongensis Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1233 Amynthas dabudongensis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus cygnus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus cygnus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima cyclops Cognetti 1911 Boll.Mus.Torino 26(641):1. Amynthas cyclops - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex curtus Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:267. Megascolex curtus - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella curtisi Jamieson & Wampler 1979 Aust.J.Zool.27(4):644. Spenceriella curtisi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex curgensis Michaelsen 1926 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.42:64. Megascolex curgensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta cupulifera Fedarb 1898 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1898:445. Amynthas cupuliferus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima cupreae Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:117. Amynthas cupreae - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus cuneatus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus cuneatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas cuneatus Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):78. Amynthas cuneatus - -
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