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 Perichaeta affinis Perrier 1872 Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.8:106. Metaphire affinis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta houlleti Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:99. Metaphire houlleti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta quadragenaria Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:122. Metaphire quadragenaria - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx excavatus Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:126. Perionyx excavatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta elongata Perrier 1872 N.Arch.Mus.Paris 8:124. Polypheretima elongata MHNP AE 633-646, -
Megascolecidae Megascolex diffringens Baird 1869 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1869:40. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta posthuma Vaillant 1868 Mem.Acad.Montpell.7:146. Metaphire posthuma - -
Megascolecidae Nitocris gracilis Kinberg 1867 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:102. Amynthas gracilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta corticis Kinberg 1867 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:102. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Hegesipyle hanno Kinberg 1867 Ofv.Akad.Fohr.23:101. Genus dubium - -
Megascolecidae Lampito mauritii Kinberg 1867 Ofv.Akad.Fohr.23:103. Lampito mauritii - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima montana Kinberg 1867 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:102. Pheretima montana - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta taitensis Grube 1866 Verh.Ges.Wien 16:180. Amynthas taitensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas aeruginosus Kinberg 1866 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:101. Amynthas aeruginosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima californica Kinberg 1866 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23:102. Metaphire californica - -
Megascolecidae Rhodopis javanica Kinberg 1866 Ofv. Akad. Forh.23(4):102. Metaphire javanica - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta branchycycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex branchycyclus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta cingulata Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:14. Megascolex cingulatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta leucocycla Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex leucocyclus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta viridis Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex Spec. Inc. Sed. - -
Megascolecidae Hypogaeon orthostichon Schmarda, 1861 Neue wirbellose Tiere, vol. 1. p. 12 Tokea orthostichon - Blakemore 2014
Megascolecidae Lumbricus litoralis Grube, E. 1855 Arch. Naturg: 127. Pontodrilus litoralis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex caeruleus Templeton 1844 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.12:89. Megascolex caeruleus - -
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