Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima terrigena Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:482. Amynthas terrigenus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta terraereginae Fletcher 1890 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:1002. Terrisswalkerius terraereginae - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus termitophilus Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):164. Plutellus termitophilus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex termiticola Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:63. Notoscolex termiticola - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex terangiensis Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:51. Megascolex terangiensis - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus tenuis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1543. Cryptodrilus tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx tenuis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):437. Perionyx tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus tenuis Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:422. Plutellus tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tenuis Qiu & Jiang 2013 Zootaxa 3619:386 Amynthas tenuis SNM C-HN201109-08 -
Megascolecidae Megascolides tenmalai karakulamensis Stephenson 1916 Rec.Ind.Mus.12:331. Megascolides tenmalai karakulamensis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex tenmalai ghatensis Aiyer 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:56. Notoscolex tenmalai ghatensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides tenmalai Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:55. Megascolides tenmalai - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tenkatei Horst 1893 Notes Leyden Mus.15:321. Metaphire tenkatei - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire tengjhihensis Chang & Chen 2014 Zootaxa 3774:325 Metaphire tengjhihensis MZNTU 14-05901 -
Megascolecidae Megascolides tener Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Megascolides tener - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tenebrica Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:93. Planapheretima tenebrica - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tenax Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales (2)1:953. Megascolex tenax - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta albida Michaelsen 1892 Arch.Naturg.58:237. Spenceriella tenax - Jamieson 1965
Megascolecidae Megascolex tenax Beddard 1895 Monogr.Oligo.:377. Megascolex tenax - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex templetonianus Rosa 1892 Boll.Mus.Torino 7:1. Megascolex templetonianus - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta telopea Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:56. Diporochaeta telopea - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tecta Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:120. Metaphire tecta - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tayninhensis Lam, Tran & Nguyen 2024 Zootaxa 5406:569 Amynthas tayninhensis CTU EW.015.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas tayalis Chu-Fu,T., Huei-Ping,S., Su-Chen, T. 1999 Journal of the National Taiwan Museum p.36 Amynthas tayalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tavvarinensis Cognetti 1911 Boll.Mus.Torino 26(641):2. Pheretima tavvarinensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta tasmanica Spencer 1895 Proc.Roy.Soc.N.S.Wales 7:47. Anisochaeta tasmanica - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex tasmanianus Fletcher 1887 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 2:607. Vesiculodrilus tasmanianus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides tasmani Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:313. Notoscolex tasmani - Blakemore 2011
Megascolecidae Digaster tararanea Dyne 2000 Native earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae: Megascolecinae), Enfield p.422. Digaster tararanea - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta taprobanae Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:163. Polypheretima taprobanae - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta pauli Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:243. Polypheretima taprobanae - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tappensis Ohfuchi 1935 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)10:409. Amynthas tappensis - -
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 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 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 Pithemera tao Wang & Shih 2010 Zootaxa 2341: 56 Pithemera tao NCHUZOOL 13541 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tanudanensis Hong & James 2011 J. Nat. Hist. 45: 1770 Pheretima tanudanensis NMA 04373 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tantulus Shen, Tsai & Tsai 2003 Zool Stud 42:484 Amynthas tantulus TERSI-1999-24-Shen - PDF
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus tanjilensis Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:134. Cryptodrilus tanjilensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tani Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:4. Metapheretima tani SORC-HV.227 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Polypheretima tamarae Easton 1984 N.Z.Journ.Zool.vol.11:126. Polypheretima tamarae - -
Megascolecidae Anisochaeta tamara Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Anisochaeta tamara - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas talus Blakemore 2014 Opusc Zool 45(2): 138 Amynthas talus ANIC (RB.95.1.1 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas talaandigensis Aspe & James 2016 Zool Stud 55(8):23 Amynthas talaandigensis NMA 4597 -
Megascolecidae Plutellus taksingensis Julka 1981 Rev.Zool.Surv.Ind. Plutellus taksingensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas taiwumontis Shen et al 2013 Zootaxa 3599:479 Amynthas taiwumontis NTU 14-07399 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas taiwumontis Shen, Chang, Li, Chih & Chen 2013 Zootaxa 3599:479 Amynthas taiwumontis IZCLNTU 14-07399 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire taiwanensis tsaii Chang & Chen 2014 Zootaxa 3774:328 Metaphire taiwanensis tsaii MZNTU 14-05614 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire taiwanensis Chu-Fa Tsai, Su-Chen Tsai, Huei-Ping She 2004 Journal of Natural History Metaphire taiwanensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta taitensis Grube 1866 Verh.Ges.Wien 16:180. Amynthas taitensis - -
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