Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
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 Perionyx (Diporochaeta) sigillatus Michaelsen 1918 Ofv. Akad. Forh.52(13):16. Fletcherodrilus sigillatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sigillata Gates 1936 Bull.Raffles Mus.12:115. Amynthas 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 silvestrii Cognetti 1909 Boll.Lab.Zool.Portici 3:266. Amynthas silvestrii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvestris Michaelsen 1923 Ark.Zool.15(14):16. Amynthas silvestris - -
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 Megascolex varians simplex Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:207. Megascolex simplex varians - -
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 - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides simsoni Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:45. Notoscolex simsoni - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus simulans Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:998. Cryptodrilus simulans - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sinabungana Michaelsen 1923 Ark.Zool.15(14):12. Amynthas sinabunganus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sinensis Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:158. Amynthas sinensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sinensis Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:158. Pheretima sinensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima singgalangi Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Belg.6:3. Metaphire singgalangi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex singhalensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:227. Megascolex singhalensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides singhalensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:174. Megascolides singhalensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus singularis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1547. Cryptodrilus singularis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sintangi Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):28. Metaphire sintangi - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides sinuosus Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:152. Megascolides sinuosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sinuosa Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:407. Amynthas sinuosus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sladeni Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):547. Amynthas sladeni - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus sloanei Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1546. Cryptodrilus sloanei - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sluiteri Horst 1890 Notes Leyden Mus.12:234. Pheretima sluiteri - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus smithi Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:992. Cryptodrilus smithi - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta soccoli Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Diporochaeta soccoli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima socsonensis Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):286. Amynthas? socsonensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sodalis Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:192. Amynthas sodalis - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima sola Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):93 Metapheretima sola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima solisi Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:362 Pheretima solisi NMP 4619 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima solomonis Beddard 1899 Zool.Results.2:188. Amynthas solomonis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta solomonis Beddard 1899 Zool.Results.2:188. Amynthas solomonis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas somechanae Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:244 Amynthas somechanae BDNUL0041 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima sonaiensis Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:154. Metaphire sonaiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sonella Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:458. Amynthas sonellus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire songkhlaensis Bantaowong & Panha 2016 Zootaxa 4117:65 Metaphire songkhlaensis CUMZ 3373 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire songkhramensis Chanabun & Panha 2023 ZooKeys 1176:199 Metaphire songkhramensis CUMZ 3821 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas sonjaesiki Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1243 Amynthas sonjaesiki - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima soulensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)13:131. Metaphire soulensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aokii Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.36 Metaphire soulensis - Blakemore 2003
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