Earthworms of India |
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Sl No. | Family | Genus (No) | *Species (No) |
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1. | Acanthodrilidae | 02 | 24 |
2. | Almidae | 02 | 5 |
3. | Benhamiidae | 01 | 5 |
4. | Eudrilidae | 01 | 1 |
5. | Lumbricidae | 09 | 16 |
6. | Megascolecidae | 15 | 157 |
7. | Moniligastridae | 03 | 86 |
8. | Ocnerodrilidae | 08 | 17 |
9. | Octochaetidae | 29 | 133 |
10. | Rhinodrilidae | 01 | 1 |
Total Families : 10 | 71 | 445 |
Family | Genus | Number of Valid Species |
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Acanthodrilidae | Microscolex | One |
Acanthodrilidae | Argilophilus | Twenty Three |
Total | Twenty Four | |
Almidae | Glyphidrilus | Four |
Almidae | Progizzardus | One |
Total | Five | |
Benhamiidae | Dichogaster | Five |
Total | Five | |
Eudrilidae | Eudrilus | One |
Total | One | |
Lumbricidae | Allolobophoridella | One |
Lumbricidae | Aporrectodea | Three |
Lumbricidae | Bimastos | One |
Lumbricidae | Dendrobaena | Two |
Lumbricidae | Dendrodrilus | One |
Lumbricidae | Eisenia | Two |
Lumbricidae | Eiseniella | One |
Lumbricidae | Lumbricus | Three |
Lumbricidae | Octolasion | Two |
Total | Sixteen | |
Megascolecidae | Amynthas | Fifteen |
Megascolecidae | Comarodrilus | One |
Megascolecidae | Kanchuria | Eight |
Megascolecidae | Lampito | Eight |
Megascolecidae | Megascolex | Thirty three |
Megascolecidae | Metaphire | Eleven |
Megascolecidae | Nelloscolex | Two |
Megascolecidae | Notoscolex | Ten |
Megascolecidae | Perionyx | Fifty six |
Megascolecidae | Pheretima | One |
Megascolecidae | Pithemera | One |
Megascolecidae | Polypheretima | Two |
Megascolecidae | Pontodrilus | One |
Megascolecidae | Tonoscolex | Seven |
Megascolecidae | Troyia | One |
Total | One hundred fifty seven | |
Moniligastridae | Desmogaster | One |
Moniligastridae | Drawida | Seventy one |
Moniligastridae | Moniligaster | Fourteen |
Total | Eighty six | |
Ocnerodrilidae | Curgiona | One |
Ocnerodrilidae | Deccania | One |
Ocnerodrilidae | Eukerria | One |
Ocnerodrilidae | Gordiodrilus | Two |
Ocnerodrilidae | Malabaria | Five |
Ocnerodrilidae | Nematogenia | One |
Ocnerodrilidae | Ocnerodrilus | One |
Ocnerodrilidae | Thatonia | Five |
Total | Seventeen | |
Octochaetidae | Bahlia | One |
Octochaetidae | Barogaster | Three |
Octochaetidae | Calebiella | One |
Octochaetidae | Celeriella | Seven |
Octochaetidae | Chaetocotoides | One |
Octochaetidae | Dashiella | One |
Octochaetidae | Eudichogaster | Six |
Octochaetidae | Eutyphoeus | Twenty six |
Octochaetidae | Herbettodrilus | One |
Octochaetidae | Hoplochaetella | Nineteen |
Octochaetidae | Karmiella | Two |
Octochaetidae | Konkadrilus | Six |
Octochaetidae | Kotegeharia | One |
Octochaetidae | Lennogaster | Seven |
Octochaetidae | Mallehulla | One |
Octochaetidae | Octochaetoides | One |
Octochaetidae | Octochaetona | Fifteen |
Octochaetidae | Octonochaeta | One |
Octochaetidae | Parryodrilus | One |
Octochaetidae | Pellogaster | Three |
Octochaetidae | Priodochaeta | One |
Octochaetidae | Priodoscolex | One |
Octochaetidae | Ramiella | Five |
Octochaetidae | Rillogaster | Two |
Octochaetidae | Scolioscolides | One |
Octochaetidae | Senapatiella | Three |
Octochaetidae | Shimodrilus | Two |
Octochaetidae | Travoscolides | Four |
Octochaetidae | Wahoscolex | Ten |
Total | One hundred thirty three | |
Rhinodrilidae | Pontoscolex | One |
Total | One |
Species/Family | Length (mm) | Distribution |
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Family Moniligastridae | ||
Drawida grandis | 520 | Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) |
Drawida naduvatamensis | 500 | Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) |
Drawida nilamburensis | 1000 | Nilgiris (Malabars, Kerala) |
Family Megascolecidae | ||
Megascolex imperatrix | 650 | Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) |
Megascolex konkanensis | 415 | South India |
Megascolex konkanensis longus | 570 | Anamalai Hills |
Perionyx macintoshi | 375 | Eastern Himalaya |
Family Octochaetidae | ||
Periodochaeta pellucida | 458 | Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu) |
Eutyphoeus gammiei | 405 | Eastern Himalaya & Northeast Hills |