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 pacseana Thai & Samphon 1988 Sci Inf Hanoi Univ:8 Metaphire pacseana - Blakemore 2008
Megascolecidae Notoscolex equestris Benham 1942 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.72:220. Aporodrilus equestris - Blakemore 2011
Megascolecidae Megascolides tasmani Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:313. Notoscolex tasmani - Blakemore 2011
Megascolecidae Perichaeta macleayi Fletcher 1899 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1556. Anisochaeta macleayi - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea esculenta Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:240. Tokea esculenta - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea huttoni Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:248. Tokea huttoni - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea kirki Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:251. Tokea kirki - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea suteri Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:250. Tokea suteri - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea urewerae Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:246. Tokea urewerae - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Tokea decipiens Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:241. Megascolides maoricus - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolex mortenseni Michaelsen 1924 Vid.Meddel.Nat.Foren.75:234. Aporodrilus mortenseni - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolides parvus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:30. Tokea parva - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Megascolides ruber Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:29. Tokea ruber - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Amynthas baemsagolensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Zoological Studies 40(4):274. Amynthas carnosus - Blakemore 2012: 36
Megascolecidae Amynthas kimhaeiensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Zoological Studies 40(4):270. Amynthas carnosus - Blakemore 2012: 36
Megascolecidae Amynthas sinsiensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Zoological Studies 40(4):272. Amynthas carnosus - Blakemore 2012: 36
Megascolecidae Pheretima monstrifera Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.4(11):168. Amynthas monstriferus - Blakemore 2012: 36, Shen 2018:331 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima pingi Stephenson 1925 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1925:891. Amynthas pingi - Blakemore 2012: 40
Megascolecidae Perichaeta novae-zelandiae Beddard 1888 Ann.Nat.Hist.2:434. Diporochaeta intermedia - Blakemore 2012:130
Megascolecidae Perichaeta intermedia Beddard 1889 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1889:380. Diporochaeta intermedia - Blakemore 2012:130
Megascolecidae Pheretima hypogaea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.235 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima elliptica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.237 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima tamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.231 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima verticosa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.50 Amynthas tokioensis - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima edoensis Ishizuka , Shishik 2000 Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 35: 1-18. Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufidula Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.15 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima semilunaris Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.18 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Pheretima hinoharensis Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series a (Zoology)p.187 Amynthas micronarius - Blakemore 2012:138
Megascolecidae Amynthas nonsilvestris Blakemore 2010 Opusc. Zool. Budapest 41: 193. Amynthas micronarius nom. nov. pro Pheretima silvestris Ishizuka, 2000 Blakemore 2012:139
Megascolecidae Perichaeta micronaria Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:74. Amynthas micronarius NMST An446 Neotype Blakemore 2012:140
Megascolecidae Pheretima yamizoyamensis Ohfuchi 1935 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)10:413. Amynthas yamizoyamensis - Blakemore 2012:145
Megascolecidae Amynthas montanus Qiu & Sun 2012 Zootaxa 3458: 154 Amynthas zhuya C-HN032-04 Blakemore 2013:117
Megascolecidae Amynthas fuscus Qiu & Sun 2012 Zootaxa 3458: 152 Amynthas fuscus C-HN012-01A Blakemore 2013:117, Shen 2018 PDF
Megascolecidae Hypogaeon orthostichon Schmarda, 1861 Neue wirbellose Tiere, vol. 1. p. 12 Tokea orthostichon - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Megascolex antarctica Baird 1873 J.Linn.Soc.11:96. Anisochaeta antarctica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Tokea maorica Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:252. Tokea maorica - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Woodwardiella magna Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:103. Woodwardiella affinis - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius leichhardti Jamieson, McDonald & James 2013 Mem Queensl Mus 58:17 Perionychella leichhardti QM G231053 Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dyeri Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:157. Amynthas rodericensis - Blakemore 2014:120
Megascolecidae Pheretima mangophila Nguyen 2011 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 33(1):24 Metaphire mangophila ZBDCT-EWh017 Blakemore 2016
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucurbitae Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:29 Amynthas cucurbita RUMF-ZO- 00021 Blakemore 2020 PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas glaucus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:27 Metaphire glauca RUMF-ZO-00018 Blakemore 2022:100 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima fluvialis Gates 1939 J.Thailand Res.Soc.12:89. Amynthas mekongianus - Blakemore et al 207:21
Megascolecidae Pheretima kollikeri Michaelsen 1928 Ark.Zool.20A(2):8. Manus koellikeri - Blakemore, 2010
Megascolecidae Perichaeta dicystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Metaphire californica - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tricystis Perrier 1877 Bull.Soc.Zool.Fr.2:243. Amynthas gracilis - Brown et al. 2006:340
Megascolecidae Metaphire bununa glareosus Tsai, Tsai & Liaw 2000 J. Nat. Hist. 34: 1738 Metaphire glareosa - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Metaphire yuanpowa Chang and Chen 2005 J. Nat. Hist., 39: 1470. Metaphire trutina - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas ailiaoensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1020. Amynthas feijani - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas chaishanensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1021. Metaphire formosae - Chang & Chen 2008
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