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 Plutellus taksingensis Julka 1981 Rev.Zool.Surv.Ind. Plutellus taksingensis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta takatorii Goto & Hatai 1898 Annot.Zool.Jap.2:76. Amynthas aspergillus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tajiroensis Ohfuchi 1938 Res.Bull.Saito Ho-on Kai Mus.15:46. Amynthas corticis - -
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 - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima taipeiensis Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:12. Amynthas taipeiensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire tahanmonta Chang and Chen 2005 J. Nat. Hist., 39: 1475. Metaphire tahanmonta - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas taebaekensis Yong Hong & S. W. James 2001 Rev. suisse Zool. 108/1/:68. Amynthas taebaekensis - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera tadulako Fahri, Amaliah & Atmowidi 2018 ZooKeys 805:6 Pithemera tadulako MZB Oli. 064 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas tabulatus Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1245 Amynthas tabulatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tabukensis Hong & James 2010 Zool. Studies 49(4): 530 Pheretima tabukensis NMA 4331 -
Megascolecidae Polypheretima tabhingensis Lam, Nguyen & Nguyen 2018 Bull Raffles Mus 66:575 Polypheretima tabhingensis CTU-EW.185.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima szechuanensis valata Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:103. Amynthas szechuanensis valatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima szechuanensis Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:160. Amynthas szechuanensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex syndetoporus Jackson 1931 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.17:117. Austrohoplochaetella syndetoporus - -
Megascolecidae Vesiculodrilus symmetricus Blakemore, R 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Vesiculodrilus symmetricus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex sylvicola marinae Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:336. Megascolex sylvicola marinae - -
Megascolecidae Lampito sylvicola Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.24(2):161. Lampito sylvicola - -
Megascolecidae Didymogaster sylvaticus Fletcher 1886 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 1:554. Didymogaster sylvaticus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sylvatica Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:5. Spenceriella sylvatica - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima (Metapheretima) swelaensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:178. Polypheretima swelaensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex swarbricki Nicholls & Jackson 1927 J.Roy.Soc.W.Aust.12:143. Austrohoplochaetella swarbricki - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima swanus Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:13. Amynthas swanus - -
Megascolecidae Pithemera suwastikai Fahri, Amaliah & Atmowidi 2018 ZooKeys 805:4 Pithemera suwastikai MZB Oli. 062 - PDF
Megascolecidae Tokea suteri Benham 1904 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1904:250. Tokea suteri - Blakemore 2012
Megascolecidae Pheretima susakii patina Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:175. Amynthas susakii patinus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima susakii Kobayashi 1936 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)11:171. Amynthas susakii - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire surinensis Bantaowong & Panha 2016 Zootaxa 4117:81 Metaphire surinensis CUMZ 3395 -
Megascolecidae Amynthas surculatus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:25 Amynthas surculatus RUMF-ZO-00013 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas surculatus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:25 Amynthas surculatus RUMF-ZO- 00013 - 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 Perichaeta supuensis Michaelsen 1896 Abh.Senckenb.Ges.23:225. Amynthas supuensis - -
Megascolecidae Kanchuria sumerianus Julka 1988 Res.Bull.(Sci) Panjab Univ.39(1-2):89. Kanchuria sumerianus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sumatrana Horst 1883 Notes Leyden Mus 5:189 Metaphire javanica - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sulcata Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus34:424. Amynthas sulcatus - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex /Trinephrus/ suctorius Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):207. Notoscolex suctorius - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima suctoria mullani Stephenson 1924 Rec.Ind.Mus.26:340. Amynthas suctorius mullani - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima suctoria manicata Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:412. Amynthas manicatus - Blakemore 2006
Megascolecidae Pheretima suctoria Michaelsen 1907 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Aust.24(2):165. Amynthas suctorius - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta sucta Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Diporochaeta sucta - -
Megascolecidae Metapheretima sucklingensis Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):102. Metapheretima sucklingensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sucata Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:88. Amynthas sucatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas subulatus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16(2):29. Planapheretima subulatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima subtilis Gates 1943 Ohio J.Sci.43:104. Metaphire subtilis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus subtilis Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:73. Plutellus subtilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima subterranea Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.22 Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima subrotunda Ishizuka K. 2000 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.13 Amynthas corticis - -
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