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 Megascolides americanus F.Smith 1897 Amer.Nat.31:203. Driloleirus americanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima americanorum Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:200. Amynthas americanorum - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima americana bidentata Cernosvitov 1942 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.(B) 111:198. Pheretima americana bidentata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Planapheretima) ambulatrix Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:22. Planapheretima ambulatrix - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ambonensis Cognetti 1913 Bijdr.Dierk.19:40. Pheretima ambonensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus ambiguus Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:357. Plutellus ambiguus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ambigua Cognetti 1906 Atti.Acad.Torino 41:782. Amynthas ambiguus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta amazonica Rosa 1894 Atti.Acad.Torino 29:14. Amynthas amazonicus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas alveolatus Yong Hung & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108(1):81. Amynthas alveolatus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus altmani Gates 1942 Amer Midland Nat 27:89 Arctiostrotus altmani - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alteradamae Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:540. Amynthas alteradamae - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera altaresi Hong 2018 JAPB 11:200 Pithemera altaresi NMA 4636 - PDF
Megascolecidae Neodiplotrema altanmoui Jamieson, B. G. M. 1997 Neodiplotrema altanmoui - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta alsophila Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:17. Diporochaeta alsophila - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta alsophila Beddard 1895 Monogr.Acanthodr.:441. Diporochaeta alsophila - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alpestris Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.107 Amynthas fuscatus - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Pheretima alluxa Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(9):1318. Amynthas? alluxa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alkmaarica Cognetti 1913 Nova Guinea 9:298. Pheretima (Planapheretima) alkmaarica - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alexandri gracilior Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:363. Amynthas alexandri gracilior - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas alexandri Beddard 1900 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1900:999. Amynthas alexandri - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides albus Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:35. Megascolides albus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus albus Jamieson 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.74. Vesiculodrilus albus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima albobrunnea Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D):7:191. Amynthas albobrunneus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex albidus Beddard 1896 Monogr.Oligo.:387. Megascolex albidus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex albidus Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:118. Megascolex albidus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta albida Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:237. Spenceriella tenax - Jamieson 1965
Megascolecidae Megascolides albertisii Cognetti 1910 Ann.Mus.Genova (3)4:329. Aporodrilus? albertisii - -
Megascolecidae Isarogoscolex albayensis S: W: James 2005 Systematics and Biodiversity 2(3):278. Isarogoscolex albayensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex albanyensis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):221. Megascolex albanyensis - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta alba Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta alba - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima alba S. W. James 2004 The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):304. Pheretima alba - -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima alba Nguyen 2016 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 38:444 Polypheretima alba CTU-EW.101.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perionyx alatus Stephenson 1920 Mem.Ind.Mus.7:212. Perionyx alatus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex ajax Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 160 Notoscolex ajax BMNH 419-3 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aimerikiensis Ohfuchi 1941 Palao.Trop.Biol.Stu.Stud.Tokyo 2:302. Pheretima aimerikiensis - -
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 Pheretima aguinaldoi Hong & James 2010 Zool. Studies 49(4): 525 Pheretima aguinaldoi NMA 4337 -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta agrestis Goto & Hatai 1899 Annot.Zool.Jap.3(1):17. Amynthas agrestis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima agilis Michaelsen 1923 Ark.Zool.15(14):2. Amynthas agilis - -
Megascolecidae Propheretima agilis Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.1015 Propheretima agilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aggera Kobayashi 1934 J.Chosen.Nat.Hist.Soc.19:7. Metaphire aggera - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima agathis Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):549. Metapheretima agathis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta affinis Perrier 1872 Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.8:106. Metaphire affinis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex affinis Beddard 1883 Ann.Nat.Hist.12:214. Megascolex affinis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia affinis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):191. Woodwardiella affinis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus affinis Stephenson 1932 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1932:904. Plutellus affinis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas aeruginosus Kinberg 1866 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:101. Amynthas aeruginosus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta aeliana Rosa 1892 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)32:545. Amynthas aelianus - -
Megascolecidae Pleionogaster adya Blakemore 2016 Opusc Zool Budapest 47:25 Pleionogaster adya UPV S3 - PDF
Megascolecidae Arctiostrotus adunatus McKey et.al. 1994 Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(7):1327 Arctiostrotus adunatus - -
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