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 culminis Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:58. Amynthas culminis - -
Megascolecidae Diplotrema culminis Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):243. Plutellus culminis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus culminis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus culminis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucurbitae Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:29 Amynthas cucurbitae RUMF-ZO-00021 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucurbitae Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:29 Amynthas cucurbita RUMF-ZO- 00021 Blakemore 2020 PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucullatus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1231 Amynthas cucullatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas cruxus Tsai and Shen 2007 J. Nat. Hist., 41: 368. Amynthas cruxus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima cruroides Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta.Zool.Sin.21(1):93. Pheretima cruroides - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima crurata Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:120. Amynthas cruratus - -
Megascolecidae Provescus crottyi Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Provescus crottyi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides croesus Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides croesus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta crescentica Fedarb 1898 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1898:447. Metaphire crescentica - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex crateroides Boardman 1943 Rec.Aust.Mus.21:174. Megascolex crateroides - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta crateris Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:24. Diporochaeta crateris - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella crateris Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1202 Spenceriella crateris - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas crassitubus Qiu & Dong 2018 Zootaxa 4496:260 Amynthas crassitubus C-GX201302-13A - PDF
Megascolecidae Perionyx crassiseptatus Stephenson 1925 Rec.Ind.Mus.27:65. Perionyx crassiseptatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta crassicystis tobeloensis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:204. Pheretima crassicystis tobeloensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta crassicystis chica Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:207. Pheretima crassicystis chica - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta crassicystis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:204. Pheretima crassicystis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus crassicystis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Nat.Hist.Mus.Hamb.14:194. Cryptodrilus crassicystis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta coxii Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:565. Anisochaeta coxii - Blakemore 2000:3
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius covacevichae Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):162. Terrisswalkerius covacevichae - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas corticis saeseum Blakemore 2013 J spec Res 2(1):26 Amynthas corticis saeseum NIBR-IV0000251310 -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta corticis Kinberg 1867 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:102. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata kulingiana Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:278. Amynthas corrugatus kulingianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:131. Amynthas corrugatus - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella cormieri Jamieson & Wampler 1979 Aust.J.Zool.27(4):641. Spenceriella cormieri - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta corinna Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta corinna - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima cordata Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen 2015 Zootaxa 3905:597 Polypheretima cordata CTU-EW042?h01 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima copulatrix Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):49. Amynthas copulatrix - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima copulata Gates 1937 Bull.Mus.Comp.Zool.80(7):31. Amynthas copulatus - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima coplandi Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):62. Polypheretima coplandi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta copelandi Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:2. Diporochaeta copelandi - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus cooraniensis Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:42. Cryptodrilus cooraniensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex conversus Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:231. Tonoscolex conversus - Gates 1972
Megascolecidae Pheretima continens Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:95. Planapheretima continens - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella conondalei Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):593. Spenceriella conondalei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima conjugata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.34 Amynthas koreanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima conhanungensis Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1319. Amynthas? conhanungensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima confusa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.116 Amynthas corticis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima conformis Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series a (Zoology)p. 182 Pheretima conformis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas conferticurtus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1241 Amynthas conferticurtus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas conchipapillatus Sun, Zhao & Qiu 2010 Zootaxa 2680:26-32 Amynthas conchipapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima concepcionensis Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:432 Pheretima concepcionensis NMA 4522 -
Megascolecidae Plutellus comptus Gates 1955 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:62. Plutellus comptus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima compta Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:511. Amynthas comptus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus compositus Gates 1955 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:61. Plutellus compositus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima composita Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:430. Amynthas compositus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta communissima Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3:23. Amynthas communissimus - -
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