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 Pheretima servina Hatai & Ohfuchi 1937 Res.Bull.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.12:1. Metaphire servinus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx setnai Stephenson 1931 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1931:63. Perionyx setnai - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima setosa Cognetti 1908 Boll.Mus.Torino 23(577):1. Amynthas setosus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta setosa Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p.14 Diporochaeta setosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima setosa Ishizuka et al. 2000 Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire setosa Nguyen, Nam, Lam & Nguyen 2020 Raffles Bull Zool 68:230 Metaphire setosa CTU-EW.179.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima seungpanensis Song & Paik 1970 Korean J.Zool.13:11. Pheretima seungpanensis - -
Megascolecidae Nexogaster sexies Blakemore, R. J. et al 1997 Journal of Natural History 31/11/, November 1997:1698. Nexogaster sexies - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sexpectatus Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.38 Amynthas sexpectatus - -
Megascolecidae Digaster sexpunctata Jamieson 1975 Mem.Qd.Mus.17(2):267. Digaster sexpunctata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sexta Benham 1895 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6)16:44. Metaphire sexta - -
Megascolecidae Oreoscolex sexthecatus Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):315. Notoscolex officeri - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex sextus Stephenson 1913 Spol.Zeyl.8:270. Megascolex sextus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta shakespeari Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:254. Celeriella antarctica - Lee 1962
Megascolecidae Amynthas shanghangensis Sun & Qiu 2018 Zootaxa 4496:291 Amynthas shanghangensis C-GX201601-05 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas shengtangmontis Dong & Jiang 2019 ZooKeys 884:33 Amynthas shengtangmontis C-GX201312-03A - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima sheni Chen 1935 Bull.Fan.Mem.Inst.Biol.6:38. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Heteroporodrilus shepardi armatus Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Austr.98(2):85. Heteroporodrilus shepardi armatus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus shephardi Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13(1):40. Cryptodrilus shephardi - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx shillongensis Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:213. Perionyx shillongensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta shimaensis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:15. Amynthas shimaensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas shinanmontis Tsai and Shen 2007 J. Nat. Hist., 41: 358. Amynthas shinanmontis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas shinjiroi Wang & Shih 2010 Zootaxa 2341: 53 Amynthas shinjiroi NCHUZOOL 13507 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima shinkeiensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)13:134. Amynthas shinkeiensis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx shoeanus Cognetti 1912 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)9:67. Perionyx shoeanus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx shyamasreetus Ghosh, Hasan & Mandal 2018 J Appl Zool Res 29: 158 Perionyx shyamasreetus ZSI 5724/1 juvenile, Taxon inquirendum PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas siam Blakemore 2011 Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser A 37: 9 Amynthas siam NMST-An 422, THNMH-An-06337 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sibogae Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):23. Polypheretima sibogae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sibucalensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):15 Pheretima sibucalensis NMA 4510 -
Megascolecidae Megascolex sieboldi Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus.5:191. Amynthas sieboldi - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sieboldi lenzi Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:9. Amynthas sieboldi lenzi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima siemsseni Michaelsen 1931 Peking Nat.Hist.Bull.5:17. Amynthas siemsseni - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus sierrai Michaelsen 1921 Ark.Zool.13(9):8. Plutellus sierrai - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sigillata Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:115. Amynthas sigillatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx (Diporochaeta) sigillatus Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):16. Fletcherodrilus sigillatus - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella sikkimensis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):156. Perionychella sikkimensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus sikkimensis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):147. Plutellus sikkimensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvatica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.46 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvestrii Cognetti 1909 Boll.Lab.Zool.Portici 3:266. Amynthas silvestrii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvestris Michaelsen 1923 Ark.Zool.15(14):16. Amynthas silvestris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvestris Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.18 Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx silvicola Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:67. Perionyx silvicola - -
Megascolecidae Gemascolex similis Jamieson 1974 Proc.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.98(2):97. Gemascolex similis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella simlaensis Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):157. Perionychella simlaensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima simplex Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A(3):48. Metaphire simplex - -
Megascolecidae Retrovescus simplex Blakemore, R. 1998 Invertebrate Taxonomy 12/4/ 1998:662. Retrovescus simplex - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas simplex Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):34 Amynthas simplex NIBR-IV0000251102 -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta simpsonorum Blakemore, R. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31(12) Anisochaeta simpsonorum - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima simsi Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):87. Metapheretima simsi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima simsi James, S.W., Hong, Y., Kim,T.H. 2004 Rev.suisse Zool. 111(1):5 Pheretima simsi - -
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