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 udei Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:521. Amynthas udei - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta udekemi Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58(1):240. Metaphire udekemi - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ullandullae Boardman 1931 Rec.Aust.Mus.18:161. Notoscolex ullandullae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ultoria Chen 1935 Bull.Fan.Mem.Inst.Biol.6:42. Amynthas ultorius - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus umbellulariae Macnab 1958 Northwest Sci.32:113. Chetcodrilus umbellulariae - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides umbonis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides umbonis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima umbraticola Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:484. Metaphire umbraticola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima umbrosa Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series a (Zoology) p.187 Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus uncinatus Stephenson 1932 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:907(?) Plutellus uncinatus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus uncius Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1540. Cryptodrilus uncius - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ungulata Bell 1886 Zool.Rec.22:21. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus fasciatus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32.(Fletcher:Notes on Austrl.Eathw.VI.Ebendas.IV.2.) Fletcherodrilus unicus fasciatus - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus major Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:44. Fletcherodrilus unicus major - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus pelewensis Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32. Fletcherodrilus unicus pelewensis - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus purpureus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32.(Mich.:Oligo.Nat.hist.Mus.Hamb.I.-Fahrb.wiss.Anst.Hamb.Bd.VI. Fletcherodrilus unicus purpureus - -
Megascolecidae Fletcherodrilus unicus typicus Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:32.(Fletcher:Notes on Austrl.Eathw.V.Ebendas.III.2.) Fletcherodrilus unicus typicus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima unicystis Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):561. Pheretima unicystis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex unipapillatus Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:402. megascolides unipapillatus - Michaelsen 1916
Megascolecidae Perichaeta upoluensis Beddard 1887 proc.Roy.Soc.Edinb.14:174. Amynthas upoluensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta urceolata Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:322. Pheretima urceolata - -
Megascolecidae Tokea urewerae Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:246. Tokea urewerae - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Parapheretima utekwana Cognetti 1915 Trans.Zool.Soc.London 20:494. Pheretima (Planapheretima) utekwana - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas uvaglandularis Shen, Tsai & Tsai 2003 Zool Stud 42:479 Amynthas uvaglandularis TESRI-1999-24-Shen - PDF
Megascolecidae Plutellus uzeli Michaelsen 1903 SB.Bohm.Ges.15:4. Plutellus uzeli - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta vaillanti Beddard 1890 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1890:66. Pheretima vaillanti - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster valida S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):309. Pleionogaster valida - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima vallis Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:176. Amynthas vallis - -
Megascolecidae Arctiostrotus vancouverensis McKey et.al. 1994 Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(7):1332. Arctiostrotus vancouverensis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella vandiemensis Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Woodwardiella vandiemensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas vanhi Hong & James 2014 ASED 30:83 Amynthas vanhi BDNUL 0024 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas vanhyai Hong 2017 J Asia Pac Biodivers 10:422 Amynthas vanhyai BDNUL 0024 - PDF
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus vantralis Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus vantralis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima varellana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:511. Metaphire varellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima varellana gilva Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:512. Pheretima varellana gilva - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta variabilis Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:319. Metaphire variabilis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus variabilis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:51. Plutellus variabilis - -
Megascolecidae Spenceriella variabilis Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1327 Spenceriella variabilis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex varians Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:201. Megascolex varians - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex varians insolitus Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:86. Megascolex varians insolitus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex varians simplex Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:207. Megascolex simplex varians - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima varians songbaana Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(4):617. Amynthas? varians songbaana - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus varicystis Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:92. Graliophilus varicystis - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella variegata Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):158. Perionychella variegata - -
Megascolecidae Perionychella variegata Blakemore 2000 Records of the Queen Victoria Museum p. 17 Perionychella variegata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima variens Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:385. Amynthas variens - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex vazhichlensis Lone et al. 2022 Diversity 14(1006):14 Megascolex vazhichlensis DHSGV-ZDM-H005 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima velata Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:321. Amynthas velatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima velata alveata Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:539. Amynthas velatus alveatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima velata clavata Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:541. Amynthas velatus clavatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima velata typica Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:538. Amynthas velatus - -
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