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 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 Metapheretima stingi Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):109. Metapheretima stingi - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex stewarti Stephenson 1914 Rec.Ind.Mus.8:382. Notoscolex stewarti - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus stewartensis Lee 1959 Bull.N.Z.Dept.Sci.Industr.Res.no.130:333. Plutellus stewartensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima stephensoni Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:543. Metaphire stephensoni - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri typicus Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:40. Amynthas stelleri typicus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri everetti Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:43. Amynthas stelleri everetti - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri barami Michaelsen 1899 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.16:41. Amynthas stelleri barami - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta stelleri Michaelsen 1891 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.8:39. Polypheretima stelleri - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stelleri annectens Michaelsen 1899 Jb.Hamb.wiss.Anst.16(2):42. Polypheretima stelleri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta steelii Spencer 1893 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.5:10. Spenceriella steelii - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides steeli Spencer 1900 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.13:34. Megascolides steeli - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas stabilis Dong & Juang 2018 Zootaxa 4496:263 Amynthas stabilis C-GX201305-06A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas srinan Panha & Bantaowong 2011 Zookeys 90: 49 Amynthas srinan CUMZ 3210 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima spiridonovi Thai 1996 Tap Chi Sihn Hoc 18(1)3:3. Polypheretima spiridonovi SORC-HV.226 Nguyen et al. 2014
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta spenceri Michaelsen 1907 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19(5):47. Diporochaeta spenceri - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus spenceri Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Cryptodrilus spenceri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima speiseri Michaelsen 1913 Nova Caledonia 1(3):263. Metapheretima speiseri - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta neoguinensis spectabilis Rosa 1898 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)39:60. Amynthas spectabilis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex spectabilis Michaelsen 1910 Abh.Ver.Hamb.19:80. Megascolex spectabilis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta viridis Schmarda 1861 Neue Wirbell.Th.1:13. Megascolex Spec. Inc. Sed. - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta hulikalensis Bourne 1887 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1887:668. Megascolex spec. Inc. Sed. - Stephenson 1923:290
Megascolecidae Perichaeta atheca Rosa 1896 Ann.Mus.Genova (2)36:520. spec inc sed - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima soulensis Kobayashi 1938 Sci.Rept.Tohoku Univ.(4)13:131. Metaphire soulensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aokii Ishizuka K. 1999 Bulletin of the National Science Museum series A (Zoology)p.36 Metaphire soulensis - Blakemore 2003
Megascolecidae Amynthas sonjaesiki Hong & James 2009 J. Nat. Hist. 43(21-22): 1243 Amynthas sonjaesiki - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire songkhramensis Chanabun & Panha 2023 ZooKeys 1176:199 Metaphire songkhramensis CUMZ 3821 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire songkhlaensis Bantaowong & Panha 2016 Zootaxa 4117:65 Metaphire songkhlaensis CUMZ 3373 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sonella Gates 1936 Rec.Ind.Mus.38:458. Amynthas sonellus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sonaiensis Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:154. Metaphire sonaiensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas somechanae Hong, Inkhavilay & James 2018 Zootaxa 4496:244 Amynthas somechanae BDNUL0041 - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima solomonis Beddard 1899 Zool.Results.2:188. Amynthas solomonis - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta solomonis Beddard 1899 Zool.Results.2:188. Amynthas solomonis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima solisi Aspe & James 2017 Raffles Bull Zool 65:362 Pheretima solisi NMP 4619 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metapheretima sola Easton 1979 Bull.Brit.Mus.Nat.Hist.(Zool.) 35(1):93 Metapheretima sola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sodalis Beddard 1912 Philipp.J.Sci.(D) 7:192. Amynthas sodalis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima socsonensis Thai 1984 Zool.Zh.63(2):286. Amynthas? socsonensis - -
Megascolecidae Diporochaeta soccoli Blakemore, R. 2000 Tasmanian earthworms: CD_ROM Monograph, VermEcology, Kippax 2615. Canberra Diporochaeta soccoli - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus smithi Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 4:992. Cryptodrilus smithi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sluiteri Horst 1890 Notes Leyden Mus.12:234. Pheretima sluiteri - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus sloanei Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1546. Cryptodrilus sloanei - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas sladeni Lee 1981 Aust.J.Zool.29(4):547. Amynthas sladeni - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides sinuosus Spencer 1892 Proc.Roy.Soc.Vict.4:152. Megascolides sinuosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sinuosa Chen 1938 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:407. Amynthas sinuosus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sintangi Michaelsen 1922 Capita Zool.1(3):28. Metaphire sintangi - -
Megascolecidae Cryptodrilus singularis Fletcher 1889 Proc.Linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 3:1547. Cryptodrilus singularis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex singhalensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:227. Megascolex singhalensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides singhalensis Michaelsen 1897 Mitt.Mus.Hamb.14:174. Megascolides singhalensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima singgalangi Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Belg.6:3. Metaphire singgalangi - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sinensis Beddard 1892 Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond.1892:158. Amynthas sinensis - -
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