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 Amynthas hengchunensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1015. Metaphire paiwanna hengchunensis - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Amynthas kaopingensis S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1017. Metaphire paiwanna paiwanna - Chang & Chen 2008
Megascolecidae Pheretima minuta Gates 1929 Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus.75(10):18. Amynthas exiguus - Gates 1930
Megascolecidae Pheretima maculosa Gates 1933 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:534. Amynthas malacus - Gates 1936 nom nov
Megascolecidae Pheretima helvola Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:100. Metaphire honbaensis - Gates 1941:1
Megascolecidae Notoscolex conversus Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:231. Tonoscolex conversus - Gates 1972
Megascolecidae Pheretima bigibberosa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.40 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima bimaculata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.42 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima confusa Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.116 Amynthas corticis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima conjugata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.34 Amynthas koreanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima florea Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.52 Metaphire communissima - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima hiberna Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.233 Amynthas hibernus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima imperfecta Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.229 Amynthas imperfectus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima okutamaensis Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.38 Metaphire vesiculata - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima purpurata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.42 Amynthas purpuratus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima quintana Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.239 Amynthas quintanus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima silvatica Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.46 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima stipata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.236 Amynthas stipatus - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima striata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.53 Amynthas agrestis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Pheretima surcata Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.48 Amynthas tappensis - http://www.annelida.net/earthworm/Japanese%20Earthworms/Japanese%20Earthworms.pdf
Megascolecidae Amynthas huangi S.W.James & Hsi-Te Shih &Hsueh-Wen Chang 2005 Journal of Natural History 39(14):1014. Metaphire houlleti - https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2133.1.3
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoeotrocha Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546 Amynthas omtrekensis - invalid emendation
Megascolecidae Perichaeta albida Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:237. Spenceriella tenax - Jamieson 1965
Megascolecidae Perichaeta canaliculata Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:391. Terrisswalkerius canaliculatua - Jamieson 2000
Megascolecidae Perichaeta attenuata Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1552. Anisochaeta attenuata - Jamieson 2000
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 Perionyx shyamasreetus Ghosh, Hasan & Mandal 2018 J Appl Zool Res 29: 158 Perionyx shyamasreetus ZSI 5724/1 juvenile, Taxon inquirendum PDF
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta shakespeari Benham 1906 Trans.N.Z.Inst.38:254. Celeriella antarctica - Lee 1962
Megascolecidae Perichaeta coerulea Perrier 1875 C.R.Soc.Biol.(D) 81:1044. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta luzonica Perrier 1875 C.R.Soc.Biol.(D) 81:1044. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta armata Beddard 1883 Ann.Nat.Hist.12:216. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta salettensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:669. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta madagascarensis Michaelsen 1891 Arch.Naturg.57(1):227. Lampito mauritii - Michaelsen 1900:227
Megascolecidae Perichaeta ceylonica Beddard 1886 Ann.Nat.Hist.17:89. Megascolex ceylonicus - Michaelsen 1900:228
Megascolecidae Notoscolex reptans Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:400. Megascolides reptans - Michaelsen 1907
Megascolecidae Perichaeta burliarensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:667. Amynthas rodericensis - Michaelsen 1910:11
Megascolecidae Notoscolex unipapillatus Ude 1905 Z.wiss.Zool.83:402. megascolides unipapillatus - Michaelsen 1916
Megascolecidae Pheretima dangi Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1325. Amynthas dangi - Nguyen et al 2016: 2 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima touranensis Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:499. Polypheretima touranensis MHNP A730 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima plumatomusculata Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):829. Planapheretima plumatomusculata - Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima colonensis Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:1. Polypheretima colonensis SORC-HV.222 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima grandisetosa Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:3. Polypheretima grandisetosa SORC-HV.223 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima kyhaenensis Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:4. Polypheretima kyhaenensis SORC-HV.224 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima spiridonovi Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:3. Polypheretima spiridonovi SORC-HV.226 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima tani Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:4. Metapheretima tani SORC-HV.227 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima rarusa Thai, Tran Bai 1997 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 19/3/ Thang 9 1997:1. Planapheretima rarusa SORC-V.202 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima tiencanhensis Pham 1995 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 17(1) Metapheretima tiencanhensis SORC-HV.228 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima parataprobanae Thai & Nguyen 1993 ? Polypheretima parataprobanae SORC-HV.225 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Pheretima ghilarovi Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):826. Amynthas ghilarovi Nguyen et al. 2016 PDF
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