Megascolecidae

Classification

Genera in Megascolecidae

• Pheretima — 638 species: Pheretima abdita, Pheretima aberrans, Pheretima abiadai, Pheretima acia, Pheretima acidophilus, Pheretima acincta, Pheretima aculeata, Pheretima adevai
• Amynthas — 407 species: Amynthas abrevicapitatus, Amynthas acalifornicus, Amynthas accessorius, Amynthas acinctus, Amynthas acinus, Amynthas aeruginosus, Amynthas agrestis, Amynthas ailiaoensis
• Perichaeta — 206 species: Perichaeta acrophila, Perichaeta acystis, Perichaeta aeliana, Perichaeta albida, Perichaeta annulata, Perichaeta antarctica, Perichaeta armata, Perichaeta arturi
• Megascolex — 127 species: Megascolex acanthodriloides, Megascolex adami, Megascolex albanyensis, Megascolex andersoni, Megascolex animae, Megascolex annandalei, Megascolex auriculata, Megascolex avicula
• Metaphire — 95 species: Metaphire acincta, Metaphire anomala, Metaphire bannaensis, Metaphire bariaensis, Metaphire bifoliolare, Metaphire biforatum, Metaphire bindjeyensis, Metaphire brevipenis
• Megascolides — 90 species: Megascolides albertisi, Megascolides albus, Megascolides americanus, Megascolides annandalei, Megascolides antrophyes, Megascolides attenuatus, Megascolides australis, Megascolides bagomaraglensis
• Diporochaeta — 73 species: Diporochaeta alsophila, Diporochaeta apiocystis, Diporochaeta aquatica, Diporochaeta arnoldi, Diporochaeta ateramnis, Diporochaeta bakeri, Diporochaeta barronensis, Diporochaeta blounti
• Perionyx — 66 species: Perionyx aborensis, Perionyx alatus, Perionyx annulatus, Perionyx arboricola, Perionyx athertonensis, Perionyx bainii, Perionyx ceylanensis, Perionyx crassiseptatus
• Anisochaeta — 60 species: Anisochaeta aemula, Anisochaeta alba, Anisochaeta ancisa, Anisochaeta andrea, Anisochaeta angusticlavia, Anisochaeta aperta, Anisochaeta aterpaenulata, Anisochaeta brevis
• Notoscolex — 58 species: Notoscolex ajax, Notoscolex attennata, Notoscolex attenuata, Notoscolex birmanicus, Notoscolex brancasteriensis, Notoscolex chopari, Notoscolex choprai, Notoscolex conversus
• Vesiculodrilus — 46 species: Vesiculodrilus albus, Vesiculodrilus ansoni, Vesiculodrilus apris, Vesiculodrilus borealis, Vesiculodrilus bronte, Vesiculodrilus brunyi, Vesiculodrilus bufalus, Vesiculodrilus canaliculatus
• Cryptodrilus — 44 species: Cryptodrilus avesiculatus, Cryptodrilus brunyensis, Cryptodrilus bunyaensis, Cryptodrilus camdensis, Cryptodrilus campestris, Cryptodrilus canaliculatus, Cryptodrilus capestris, Cryptodrilus ceylanensis
• Digaster — 34 species: Digaster anomala, Digaster armifera, Digaster binnaburra, Digaster biracemea, Digaster bradburyi, Digaster brunneus, Digaster conforma, Digaster eastoni
• Metapheretima — 34 species: Metapheretima agathis, Metapheretima andurili, Metapheretima apunae, Metapheretima arensi, Metapheretima buckerfieldi, Metapheretima deidrae, Metapheretima deirdrae, Metapheretima doni
• Polypheretima — 34 species: Polypheretima agathis, Polypheretima badia, Polypheretima bannaworensis, Polypheretima bukidnonensis, Polypheretima cattienensis, Polypheretima cokelat, Polypheretima coplandi, Polypheretima cordata
• Graliophilus — 29 species: Graliophilus adsiduus, Graliophilus asymmetricus, Graliophilus benlomondi, Graliophilus blackwoodianus, Graliophilus candidus, Graliophilus carneus, Graliophilus cooperi, Graliophilus dalgarangae
• Perionychella — 29 species: Perionychella annandalei, Perionychella bitheca, Perionychella bithecata, Perionychella capensis, Perionychella dilwynnia, Perionychella eruca, Perionychella evansi, Perionychella glandifera
• Spenceriella — 27 species: Spenceriella argillae, Spenceriella bennetti, Spenceriella calamonis, Spenceriella campestris, Spenceriella conondalei, Spenceriella cormieri, Spenceriella crateris, Spenceriella curtisi
• Anisogaster — 24 species: Anisogaster aenescens, Anisogaster antennatus, Anisogaster bicolor, Anisogaster brunneus, Anisogaster cinerarius, Anisogaster flavicans, Anisogaster kabateki, Anisogaster kenyensis
• Pleionogaster — 24 species: Pleionogaster abayensis, Pleionogaster adya, Pleionogaster bicolensis, Pleionogaster bulusanensis, Pleionogaster caramoanensis, Pleionogaster castilloi, Pleionogaster ffitchae, Pleionogaster hongi
• Pithemera — 22 species: Pithemera altaresi, Pithemera bictincta, Pithemera donvictorianoi, Pithemera duhuani, Pithemera duminagati, Pithemera fragumae, Pithemera fusiformis, Pithemera glandis
• Amyntas — 16 species: Amyntas alexandri, Amyntas aringeanus, Amyntas asiaticus, Amyntas biporus, Amyntas capensis, Amyntas evansi, Amyntas jampeanus, Amyntas kelantanensis
• Woodwardiella — 16 species: Woodwardiella acanthodriloides, Woodwardiella acanthodrilus, Woodwardiella affinis, Woodwardiella ashworthi, Woodwardiella bahli, Woodwardiella callichaeta, Woodwardiella dioecia, Woodwardiella kayankulamensis
• Heteroporodrilus — 15 species: Heteroporodrilus bitenax, Heteroporodrilus bongeen, Heteroporodrilus doubei, Heteroporodrilus editus, Heteroporodrilus hirthi, Heteroporodrilus jamiesoni, Heteroporodrilus kaputar, Heteroporodrilus lamingtonensis
• Aporodrilus — 14 species:
• Trichaeta — 14 species:
• Zapatadrilus — 11 species:
• Gemascolex — 10 species:
• Tonoscolex — 10 species:
• Planapheretima — 9 species:
• Terrisswalkerius — 9 species:
• Tokea — 9 species:
• Kanchuria — 7 species:
• Lampito — 7 species:
• Pontodrilus — 7 species:
• Archipheretima — 6 species:
• Oreoscolex — 6 species:
• Propheretima — 6 species:
• Protozapotecia — 6 species:
• Begemius — 5 species:
• Eudiplotrema — 5 species:
• Hickmaniella — 5 species:
• Trinephrus — 5 species:
• Kaxdrilus — 4 species:
• Toutellus — 4 species:
• Borgesia — 3 species:
• Caecadrilus — 3 species:
• Chetcodrilus — 3 species:
• Gastrodrilus — 3 species:
• Pericryptodrilus — 3 species:
• Pseudocryptodrilus — 3 species:
• Retrovescus — 3 species:
• Zacharius — 3 species:
• Amphimiximus — 2 species:
• Austrohoplochaetella — 2 species:
• Balanta — 2 species:
• Dendropheretima — 2 species:
• Eastoniella — 2 species:
• Fletcherodrilus — 2 species:
• Isarogoscolex — 2 species:
• Larsonidrilus — 2 species:
• Mayadrilus — 2 species:
• Nelloscolex — 2 species:
• Nephrallaxis — 2 species:
• Nexogaster — 2 species:
• Simsia — 2 species:
• Terriswalkerius — 2 species:
• Aceeca — 1 species:
• Aridulodrilus — 1 species:
• Comarodrilus — 1 species:
• Deodrilus — 1 species:
• Drilochaera — 1 species:
• Driloleirus — 1 species:
• Duplodicodrilus — 1 species:
• Exxus — 1 species:
• Haereodrilus — 1 species:
• Healesvillea — 1 species:
• Hegesipyle — 1 species:
• Hiatidrilus — 1 species:
• Kincaidodrilus — 1 species:
• Macnabodrilus — 1 species:
• Mahbenus — 1 species:
• Manus — 1 species:
• Parapheretima — 1 species:
• Paraplutellus — 1 species:
• Pleurochaeta — 1 species:
• Plionogaster — 1 species:
• Provescus — 1 species:
• Pseudonotoscolex — 1 species:
• Sebastianus — 1 species:
• Tassiedrilus — 1 species:
• Torresiella — 1 species:
• Troyia — 1 species:
• Metaph

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.