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 Celeriella bursata Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3)No.450.Zool.313:487. Celeriella bursata - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex burniensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 26(4):319. Anisochaeta burniensis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia burkilli Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):152. Woodwardiella burkilli - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima burchardi favosa Rosa 1901 Rev.Suisse Zool.9:131. Amynthas burchardi favosus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas burchardi Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:88. Amynthas burchardi - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus bunyaensis Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):583. Cryptodrilus bunyaensis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta bunya Jamieson 1976 Zool.Verh.Leiden No.149:18. Diporochaeta bunya - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire bununa typica Tsai, Tsai & Liaw 2000 J. Nat. Hist. 34: 1736 Metaphire bununa bununa - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Pheretima bulmeri Gates 1970 Aust.Zool.15:386. Metapheretima bulmeri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bukidnonensis S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2004. 52(2):294. Pheretima bukidnonensis - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima bukidnonensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):24 Polypheretima bukidnonensis NMA 4598 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima buitendijki Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):45. Amynthas buitendijki - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima buhiensis Hong & James 2009 Zootaxa 2059: 41. Pheretima buhiensis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus bufalus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus bufalus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima buentei Ude 1924 Zool.Anz.61:82. Pheretima (Planapheretima) buentei - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima buckerfieldi Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):552. Metapheretima buckerfieldi - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta buckerfieldi Blakemore, R. 1997 Journal of Natural History 31(12) Anisochaeta buckerfieldi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus buckerfieldi Blakemore 2000 Records of the Australian Museum p.192 Plutellus buckerfieldi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bucculenta Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):7. Metaphire bucculenta - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas bubonis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108/1/:69. Amynthas bubonis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bryoni Michaelsen & Boldt 1932 Arch.Hydrobiol.9:618. Metaphire bryoni - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus brunyi Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesicoulodrilus brunyi - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus brunyensis Jamieson 1974 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool) 26(4):273. Aporodrilus brunyensis - -
Megascolecidae Digaster brunneus Spencer 1902 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:66. Digaster brunneus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima browni Stephenson 1912 Rec.Ind.Mus.7(3):273. Metaphire browni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brookespointensis Aspe et al. 2021 J Nat Hist 55:753 Pheretima brookespointensis MSUN-A007 - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus bronte Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus bronte - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brinchangensis Stephenson 1932 Bull.Raffles Mus.7:42. Metaphire brinchangensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta brevis Rosa 1898 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:283. Polypheretima brevis - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta brevis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta brevis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brevipenis Qiu 1988 Acta.Zootax.Sin.13(4):340. Pheretima brevipenis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brevicingula Chen 1939 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:401. Amynthas brevicingulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brevicincta Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:3. Amynthas brevicinctus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bravicapitata Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1324. Amynthas? bravicapitata - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta branchycycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex branchycyclus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex brancasteriensis Michaelsen 1910 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.27(2):95. Notoscolex brancasteriensis - -
Megascolecidae Digaster bradburyi bunyaensis Jamieson 1975 Mem.Qd.Mus.17(2):267. Digaster bradburyi bunyaensis - -
Megascolecidae Digaster bradburyi Jamieson 1970 Proc.Roy.Soc.Qd.82(3):35. Digaster bradburyi - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta brachysoma Benham 1909 Subant.Is.N.Z.1:284. Diporochaeta brachysoma - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bournei Rosa 1890 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)30:110. Amynthas bournei - -
Megascolecidae Lampito bouchei Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450.Zool.313:497. Lampito bouchei - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas bouchei Zhao and Qiu 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(17-18): 1028. Amynthas bouchei - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas bouatongi Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:239 Amynthas bouatongi BDNUL0031 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bosschae Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:324. Pheretima bosschae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bosschae Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:238. Pheretima bosschae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima borneoensis Ude 1925 Zool.Anz.63:108. Pheretima borneoensis - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus borealis Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p. 5 Vesiculodrilus borealis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bontocensis Hong & James 2021 Zootaxa 4995:359 Pheretima bontocensis NMA 4630 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bonthainensis Benham 1896 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6)18:437. Amynthas bonthainensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima boniao Aspe & James 2014 Zootaxa 3881:415 Pheretima boniao NMA 4518 -
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