Kinds of Earthworms

Bruce A. Snyder
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia

With assistance from

Paul F. Hendrix
University of Georgia

Mac A. Callaham
USDA Forest Service

Sam W. James
Kansas University Museum of Natural History

All earthworms recorded from North America, north of Mexico, are included.
Subspecies and references will be included at a later date.

This guide is currently in the process of being built
and will be completed pending additional funding.

Scientific name -- Other names
Acanthodrilidae
   Dichogaster affinis (Michaelsen, 1890)
   Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen, 1891)
   Dichogaster saliens (Beddard, 1893)
   Diplocardia alabamana Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia alba Gates, 1943
   Diplocardia biprostatica Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia bitheca Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia bivesiculata Murchie, 1961
   Diplocardia californiana James, 1994
   Diplocardia caroliniana Eisen, 1899
   Diplocardia communis Garman, 1888
   Diplocardia conoyeri Murchie, 1961
   Diplocardia eiseni Michaelsen, 1894
   Diplocardia farmvillensis Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia floridana Smith, 1924
   Diplocardia fusca Gates, 1943
   Diplocardia fuscula Gates, 1968
   Diplocardia gatesi Murchie, 1965
   Diplocardia glabra Gates, 1967
   Diplocardia gracilis Gates, 1943
   Diplocardia hulberti James, 1988
   Diplocardia invecta Gates, 1955
   Diplocardia kansensis James, 1990
   Diplocardia keyesi (Eisen, 1896)
   Diplocardia koebelei Eisen, 1900
   Diplocardia komareki Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia longa Moore, 1904
   Diplocardia longiseta Murchie, 1963
   Diplocardia macdowelli Murchie, 1967
   Diplocardia meansi Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia michaelseni Eisen, 1899
   Diplocardia minima Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia mississippiensis Smith, 1924
   Diplocardia montana James, 1994
   Diplocardia nova Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia ornata Gates, 1943
   Diplocardia patuxentis Csuzdi and Szlávecz, 2002
   Diplocardia pettiboneae Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia riparia Smith, 1895
   Diplocardia rugosa James, 1988
   Diplocardia sandersi Gates, 1955
   Diplocardia singularis Ude, 1894
   Diplocardia smithii MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1955
   Diplocardia sylvicola Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia texensis Smith, 1924
   Diplocardia udei Eisen, 1899
   Diplocardia vaili Gates, 1977
   Diplocardia varivesicula Murchie, 1966
   Diplocardia verrucosa Ude, 1895
   Diplocardia woodi James, 1994
   Microscolex benhami (Eisen, 1893)
   Microscolex carolinae Eisen, 1900
   Microscolex dubius (Fletcher, 1887)
   Microscolex elegans (Eisen, 1893)
   Microscolex hempeli Smith, 1896
   Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugčs, 1837)
   Microscolex troyeri (Eisen, 1893)
Eudrilidae
   Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)
Glossoscolecidae
   Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857)
Komarekionidae
   Komarekiona eatoni Gates, 1974
Lumbricidae
   Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826)
   Allolobophoridella eiseni (Levinsen, 1884)
   Aporrectodea icterica (Savigny, 1826)
   Aporrectodea limicola (Michaelsen, 1890)
   Aporrectodea longa (Ude, 1885)
   Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826)
   Aporrectodea trapezoides (Dugčs, 1828)
   Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen, 1874)
   Aporrectodea turgida (Eisen, 1873)
   Bimastos beddardi Michaelsen, 1894
   Bimastos ducis Stephenson, 1932
   Bimastos gieseleri Ude, 1895
   Bimastos heimburgeri Smith, 1928
   Bimastos lawrenceae Fender, 1994
   Bimastos longicinctus Smith and Gittins, 1915
   Bimastos palustris Moore, 1895
   Bimastos parvus Eisen, 1874 -- American log worm
   Bimastos tenuis Eisen, 1874
   Bimastos tumidus Eisen, 1874
   Bimastos welchi Smith, 1917
   Bimastos zeteki Smith and Gittins, 1915
   Dendrobaena attemsi Michaelsen, 1903
   Dendrobaena octaedra (Savigny, 1826)
   Dendrobaena pygmaea (Savigny, 1826)
   Dendrodrilus rubidus (Savigny, 1826)
   Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)
   Eisenia hortensis (Michaelsen, 1890)
   Eisenia pearsei (Stephenson, 1932)
   Eisenia zebra (Michaelsen, 1903)
   Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826)
   Eisenoides carolinensis Michaelsen, 1903
   Eisenoides lonnbergi Michaelsen, 1894
   Lumbricus castaneus (Savigny, 1826)
   Lumbricus festivus (Savigny, 1826)
   Lumbricus friendi Cognetti, 1904
   Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843
   Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
   Murchieona muldali (Omodeo, 1956)
   Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826)
   Octolasion tyrtaeum (Savigny, 1826)
   Satchellius mammalis (Savigny, 1826)
Lutodrilidae
   Lutodrilus multivesiculatus McMahan, 1976 -- Louisiana mud worm
Megascolecidae
   Amynthas agrestis (Goto and Hatai, 1899)
   Amynthas corticis (Kinberg, 1867)
   Amynthas gracilis (Kinberg, 1867)
   Amynthas hilgendorfi (Michaelsen, 1892)
   Amynthas hupeiensis (Michaelsen, 1895)
   Amynthas loveridgei (Gates, 1968)
   Amynthas minimus (Horst, 1893)
   Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892)
   Amynthas rodericensis (Grube, 1879)
   Arctiostrotus adunatus McKey-Fender, 1994
   Arctiostrotus altmani (Gates, 1942)
   Arctiostrotus fontinalis McKey-Fender, 1994
   Arctiostrotus johnsoni (McKey-Fender, 1994)
   Arctiostrotus perrieri (Benham, 1892)
   Arctiostrotus pluvialis McKey-Fender, 1994
   Arctiostrotus vancouverensis (McKey-Fender, 1994)
   Argilophilus collinus Eisen, 1900
   Argilophilus garloughi (Smith, 1937)
   Argilophilus hammondi (McKey-Fender, 1970)
   Argilophilus margaritae James, 1994
   Argilophilus marmoratus Eisen, 1893
   Argilophilus panulirus (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1959)
   Argilophilus papillifer Eisen, 1893
   Argilophilus sierrae (Michaelsen, 1921)
   Argilophilus woodi James, 1994
   Chetcodrilus exutus (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1958)
   Chetcodrilus fenderi (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1958)
   Chetcodrilus umbellulariae (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1958)
   Drilochaera chenowithensis (McKey-Fender, 1970)
   Driloleirus americanus (Smith, 1897)
   Driloleirus cascadensis (Smith, 1937)
   Driloleirus eiseni (Smith, 1937)
   Driloleirus macelfreshi (Smith, 1937)
   Driloleirus michaelseni (Smith, 1937)
   Driloleirus wellsi (Altman, 1936)
   Kincaidodrilus kincaidii (Altman, 1936)
   Macnabodrilus hopsonae (McKey-Fender, 1970)
   Macnabodrilus macnabi (McKey-Fender, 1957)
   Metaphire californica (Kinberg, 1867)
   Metaphire houletti (Perrier, 1872)
   Metaphire levis (Goto and Hatai, 1899)
   Metaphire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868)
   Nephrallaxis blacki (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1952)
   Nephrallaxis davisi (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1952)
   Pithemera bicincta (Perrier, 1875)
   Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)
   Toutellus adecus (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1959)
   Toutellus hyoiedes (MacNab and McKey-Fender, 1959)
   Toutellus oregonensis (Smith, 1937)
   Toutellus toutellus (Altman, 1936)
Ocnerodrilidae
   Eukerria saltensis Beddard, 1895
   Ocnerodrilus occidentalis (Eisen, 1878)
Sparganophilidae
   Sparganophilus eiseni Smith, 1895
   Sparganophilus gatesi Reynolds, 1980
   Sparganophilus helenae Reynolds, 1980
   Sparganophilus komareki Reynolds, 1980
   Sparganophilus kristinae Reynolds, 1980
   Sparganophilus meansi Reynolds, 1980
   Sparganophilus pearsi Reynolds, 1975
   Sparganophilus smithi Eisen, 1896
   Sparganophilus sonomae Eisen, 1896
   Sparganophilus tennesseensis Reynolds, 1977
   Sparganophilus wilmae Reynolds, 1980

Updated: 2008-11-03 21:05:12

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