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 Terrisswalkerius liber Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):165. Terrisswalkerius liber - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius mcdonaldi Jamieson 1994 Mem.Qd.Mus.37(1):163. Terrisswalkerius mcdonaldi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius windsori Jamieson 1995 Mem.Qd.Mus.38(2):581. Terrisswalkerius windsori - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius carbinensis Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):262. Terrisswalkerius carbinensis - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius mcilwraithi Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):263. Terrisswalkerius mcilwraithi - -
Megascolecidae Terrisswalkerius miserae Jamieson 1997 Mem.Qd.Mus.42(1):266. Terrisswalkerius miserae - -
Megascolecidae Hypogaeon orthostichon Schmarda, 1861 Neue wirbellose Tiere, vol. 1. p. 12 Tokea orthostichon - Blakemore 2014
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 maorica Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:252. Tokea maorica - Blakemore 2014
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 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 Megascolides viridis Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:28. Tokea viridis - Blakemore
Megascolecidae Tokea sapida Benham 1904 Proc Zool Soc London 1904: 245 Tokea sapida - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex birmanicus Gates 1927 Ann.Nat.Hist.(9)19:609. Tonoscolex birmanicus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex conversus Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:231. Tonoscolex conversus - Gates 1972
Megascolecidae Notoscolex prima Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:373. Tonoscolex depressus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex triquetrus Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:370. Tonoscolex triquetrus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex depressus scutatus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:385. Tonoscolex depressus scutatus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex ferinus Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:487. Tonoscolex ferinus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex montanus Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:381. Tonoscolex montanus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex parvus Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:386. Tonoscolex parvus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex michaelseni Julka 1976 Rec.Zool.Surv.India 69:233. Tonoscolex michaelseni - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex indicus Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.India,Occ.Pap.0(26):29. Tonoscolex indicus - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex kabakensis Julka 1981 Rec.Zool.Surv.India, Occ.Pap.(0)26:30. Tonoscolex kabakensis - -
Megascolecidae Tonoscolex kalimpongensis Ahmed & Julka 2022 Zootaxa 5124:376 Tonoscolex kalimpongensis ZSI-GNC-An 2203/1 - PDF
Megascolecidae Plutellus toutellus Altman 1936 Univ.Wash.Publ.Biol.4:78. Toutellus toutellus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus oregonensis F.Smith 1937 Proc.V.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):177.180?? Toutellus oregonensis oregonensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus oregonensis swiftae F.Smith 1937 Proc.N.S.Nat.Mus.84(3009):180. Toutellus oregonensis swiftae - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus adecus Macnab & McKey F. 1959 Northwest Science 33:165. Toutellus adecus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hyoiedes Macnab & McKey F. 1959 Northwest Science 33:158. Toutellus hyoiedes - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides cochinensis Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:56. Travoscolides cochinensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides duodecimalis Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:65. Travoscolides duodecimalis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides pilatus Stephenson 1915 Mem.Ind.Mus.6:68. Travoscolides pilatus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides chengaunures Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:54. Travoscolides chengaunures - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta dorsochaeta Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450, Zool.313:480. Travoscolides dorsochaeta - Blakemore 2006: 48
Megascolecidae Perichaeta fielderi Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:19. Trichaeta fielderi - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Perichaeta frosti Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:20. Trichaeta frosti - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Perichaeta goonmurk Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:21. Trichaeta goonmurk - -
Megascolecidae Trinephrus kraepelini Michaelsen 1904 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.21:128. Trinephrus kraepelini - -
Megascolecidae Troyia gundarshola Jamieson 1977 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Nat.(3) No.450. Zool.313:494. Troyia gundarshola - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus brunyi Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesicoulodrilus brunyi - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex tasmanianus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:607. Vesiculodrilus tasmanianus - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus hobartensis Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:37. Vesiculodrilus hobartensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus insularis Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:41. Vesiculodrilus insularis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus mortoni Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.7:36. Vesiculodrilus mortoni mortoni - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus purpureus Jamieson 1973 Rec.Austr.Mus.28:227. Vesiculodrilus purpureus - -
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