Pheretima

Pheretima ist eine Gattung von Wenigborstern aus der Familie der Megascolecidae (Riesenregenwürmer) in der Ordnung der Crassiclitellata (Regenwürmer im weiteren Sinne), deren mehrere hundert Arten in den Tropen weltweit mit Schwerpunkten in Neuguinea und Südostasien verbreitet sind.

In der Gattung Pheretima sind folgende Arten beschrieben worden:

Pheretima abdita Gates, 1935 Pheretima aberrans Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima abiadai Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima acidophilus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima acincta Goto & Hatai, 1899 Pheretima aculeata Gates, 1936 Pheretima adevai Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima adexilis Thai, 1984 Pheretima aggera Kobayashi, 1934 Pheretima agilis Michaelsen, 1923 Pheretima aimerikiensis Ohfuchi, 1941 Pheretima alba James, 2004 Pheretima albobrunnea Beddard, 1912 Pheretima alexandri Pheretima alkmaarica Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima alluxa Thai, 1984 Pheretima alteradamae Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima ambigua Cognetti, 1906 Pheretima ambonensis Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima ambulatrix Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima americana Pheretima americanorum Beddard, 1912 Pheretima amplectens Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima analecta Gates, 1932 Pheretima andamanensis Michaelsen, 1907 Pheretima andersoni Michaelsen, 1907 Pheretima angusticauda Thai, 1982 Pheretima annamensis Stephenson, 1931 Pheretima annandalei Stephenson, 1917 Pheretima anomala Michaelsen, 1907 Pheretima antefixa Gates, 1935 Pheretima arayatensis James & Y. Hong, 2004 Pheretima arboricola Gates, 1936 Pheretima arcuata Gates, 1937 Pheretima ardita Cognetti, 1914 Pheretima areniphila Chen & Hsü, 1975 Pheretima arrobusta Thai, 1984 Pheretima arrobustoides Thai, 1984 Pheretima assacceus Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima atrofusca Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima axillus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima bahli Gates, 1945 Pheretima baii Blakemore, 2016 Pheretima baletei James, 2004 Pheretima baliemensis Gates, 1948 Pheretima baliensis Michaelsen & Boldt, 1932 Pheretima balingensis Gates, 1949 Pheretima balteolata Gates, 1932 Pheretima bambophila Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima banauensis Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima banbongensis Thai, 1982 Pheretima bangoiana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima barbar Pheretima barbara Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima baritoensis Michaelsen, 1932 Pheretima baruana Stephenson, 1932 Pheretima batoensis Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima baungonensis James, 2004 Pheretima baweanensis Michaelsen, 1925 Pheretima beauforti Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima beccarii Cognetti, 1910 Pheretima bellatula Gates, 1932 Pheretima benguetensis Beddard, 1912 Pheretima benhami Ude, 1932 Pheretima benigma Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima beranensis Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima berhalana Stephenson, 1930 Pheretima bernhardi Gates, 1948 Pheretima bianensis Stephenson, 1913 Pheretima bicolensis Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima bidenryoanus Ohfuchi, 1956 Pheretima bifaria Michaelsen, 1924 Pheretima bifida Gates, 1937 Pheretima bipapillata Y. Chen, 1936 Pheretima bipapillata Ude, 1905 Pheretima birangi Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima bisemicirculais Rui-hua, 1985 Pheretima bitheca Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima bleckwenni Ude, 1925 Pheretima boniaoi Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima borneoensis Ude, 1925 Pheretima bravicapitata Thai, 1984 Pheretima brevicincta Gates, 1958 Pheretima brevicingula Y. Chen, 1939 Pheretima brevicingulus Y. Chen, 1939 Pheretima brevipenis Qiu & Wen, 1988 Pheretima brinchangensis Stephenson, 1932 Pheretima browni Stephenson, 1912 Pheretima browni Gates, 1931 Pheretima bryoni Michaelsen & Boldt, 1932 Pheretima bucculenta Gates, 1935 Pheretima buentei Ude, 1924 Pheretima buhiensis Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima buitendijki Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima bukidnonensis James, 2004 Pheretima bulmeri Gates, 1970 Pheretima burchardi Pheretima cabigati Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima californica Kinberg, 1866 (Kalifornien) Pheretima callosa Gates, 1937 Pheretima camanoporophorata Thai, 1982 Pheretima camarinensis Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima campanulata Pheretima campestris K. Lee, 1952 Pheretima canaliculata Gates, 1932 Pheretima carinensis Pheretima carolinensis Michaelsen, 1910 Pheretima castilloi James & Y. Hong, 2004 Pheretima caudana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima ceramensis Cognetti, 1922 Pheretima choeina Michaelsen, 1927 Pheretima chungkingensis Y. Chen, 1936 Pheretima clerica Benham, 1947 Pheretima coelogaster Pheretima collini Ude, 1924 Pheretima colonensis Thai, 1996 Pheretima colossus Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima composita Gates, 1932 Pheretima compta Gates, 1932 Pheretima concepcionensis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima conhanungensis Thai, 1984 Pheretima copulata Gates, 1937 Pheretima copulatrix Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima corrugata Y. Chen, 1931 Pheretima cruratus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima cruroides Chen & Hsü, 1975 Pheretima cupreae Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima cyclops Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima dactilicus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima dahli Ude, 1905 Pheretima dalatana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima dammermani Michaelsen, 1924 Pheretima danangana Thai, 1984 Pheretima dangi Thai, 1984 Pheretima darnleiensis (J. J. Fletcher, 1886) (Südostasien) Pheretima dawydovi Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima decipiens Beddard, 1912 Pheretima defecta Gates, 1930 Pheretima deongangana Thai, 1984 Pheretima diesmosi James, 2004 Pheretima digna Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima directa Y. Chen, 1935 Pheretima ditheca Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima divergens Pheretima divitopapillata Thai, 1984 Pheretima doliaria Gates, 1931 Pheretima dolosa Gates, 1932 Pheretima domosus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima doormani Michaelsen, 1924 Pheretima doriae Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima doroa Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima dorsalis Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima duliti Ude, 1925 Pheretima dunckeri Michaelsen, 1903 Pheretima duplicoeca Thai, 1982 Pheretima editus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima effeminata Pheretima eldoni Gates, 1975 Pheretima eluta Gates, 1936 Pheretima enchytraeoides Michaelsen, 1916 Pheretima enkyokuanus Ohfuchi, 1951 Pheretima erici Ude, 1925 Pheretima exigua Gates, 1930 Pheretima exilis Gates, 1935 Pheretima exilisaria Thai, 1984 Pheretima exiloides Y. Chen, 1936 Pheretima faceta Gates, 1932 Pheretima fakfakensis Cognetti, 1908 Pheretima falcipapillata Thai, 1982 Pheretima fangi Y. Chen, 1936 Pheretima ferion Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima festiva Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima feuerborni Michaelsen, 1932 Pheretima fibula Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima fida Michaelsen, 1913 Pheretima flabellifera Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima flavarundoida Y. Chen, 1935 Pheretima flavellana Gates, 1938 Pheretima flexilis Gates, 1935 Pheretima flocellana Gates, 1949 Pheretima floresiana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima flustrella Gates, 1949 Pheretima fluvialis Gates, 1939 Pheretima fluxa Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima fokiensis Michaelsen, 1931 Pheretima fordi Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima formosae Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima fornicata Gates, 1935 Pheretima fovella Gates, 1949 Pheretima freesei Ude, 1924 Pheretima frondicola Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima fucosa Gates, 1933 Pheretima fungina Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima garama Gates, 1958 Pheretima gastrizusa Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima gemella Gates, 1931 Pheretima geojeinsulae Song & Paik, 1970 Pheretima ghilarovi Thai, 1982 Pheretima glabra Gates, 1932 Pheretima globosa Y. Hong & James, 2011 Pheretima gomejimensis Ohfuchi, 1937 Pheretima gorasi Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima grahami Gates, 1935 Pheretima grandipapillata Thai, 1982 Pheretima grandisetosa Thai, 1996 Pheretima grata Cognetti, 1914 Pheretima gravis Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima gucheonensis Song & Paik, 1970 Pheretima habbemana Gates, 1948 Pheretima habereri Cognetti, 1906 Pheretima hachli Ude, 1905 Pheretima hahli Ude, 1905 Pheretima hainanicus Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima halmaherae Pheretima harrietensis Stephenson, 1925 Pheretima hataii Ohfuchi, 1937 Pheretima hatomajimensis Ohfuchi, 1957 Pheretima hawayana Pheretima heaneyi James, 2004 Pheretima hellwigiana Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima helvola Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima helvola Ude, 1905 Pheretima hendersoniana Cognetti, 1914 Pheretima heterogens Y. Chen & Hsü, 1975 Pheretima heurni Michaelsen, 1924 Pheretima hexitus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima himalayana Stephenson, 1925 Pheretima hirudinaria Gates, 1958 Pheretima hobaensis Gates, 1941 Pheretima hogemanni Ude, 1925 Pheretima homosetus Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima honbaensis Gates, 1941 Pheretima hongkongensis Michaelsen, 1910 Pheretima houlleti Pheretima humilis Gates, 1942 Pheretima hupbonensis Stephenson, 1931 Pheretima ichangensis Fang, 1933 Pheretima ignobilis Gates, 1935 Pheretima illota Gates, 1932 Pheretima immanis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima immerita Gates, 1931 Pheretima incerta Beddard, 1912 Pheretima inchangensis Fang, 1933 Pheretima inclara Gates, 1932 Pheretima incongrua Y. Chen, 1933 Pheretima indica Pheretima indicus Pheretima indigo Ohfuchi, 1951 Pheretima infantilis Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima infantiloides Thai, 1984 Pheretima inflata Pheretima insignis Michaelsen, 1921 Pheretima insolita Gates, 1925 Pheretima insulanus Gates, 1930 Pheretima invisa Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima ishikawai Ohfuchi, 1941 Pheretima isselii Cognetti, 1908 Pheretima jacita Gates, 1931 Pheretima jacobsoni Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima jaoi Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima jiriensis Song & Paik, 1971 Pheretima jocchana Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima kaironkensis Gates, 1970 Pheretima kalbaryoensis Y. Hong & James, 2011 Pheretima kamitai Kobayashi, 1934 Pheretima kampeni Cognetti, 1914 Pheretima kanazana Kobayashi, 1937 Pheretima kanazanus Pheretima keiana Michaelsen, 1925 Pheretima keishuensis Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima kengtungensis Gates, 1931 Pheretima kiangensis Michaelsen, 1931 Pheretima kiangsuensis Y. Chen, 1930 Pheretima kikuchii Hatai & Ohfuchi, 1936 Pheretima kitangladensis James, 2004 Pheretima klockei Ude, 1925 Pheretima kobayashii Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima kochii Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima kockensis Michaelsen, 1930 Pheretima koreanus Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima korinchiana Cognetti, 1922 Pheretima koryoensis Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima kuchingensis Stephenson, 1916 Pheretima kyamikius Kobayashi, 1934 Pheretima kyhaensis Thai, 1996 Pheretima labosa Gates, 1932 Pheretima lacertina Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima lacinata Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima ladjangensis Ude, 1932 Pheretima lago Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima lagunaensis Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima lalangi Michaelsen, 1923 Pheretima langbiangi Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima lauta Ude, 1905 Pheretima lavangguana Gates, 1957 Pheretima lejokana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima leonoris Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima leopoldi Michaelsen, 1930 Pheretima leucocirea Y. Chen, 1933 Pheretima liangi Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima lignicola Stephenson, 1914 Pheretima lignophilia Thai, 1982 Pheretima limella Gates, 1935 Pheretima limellula Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima limpida Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima lluchi Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima lobosa Gates, 1932 Pheretima longicauliculata Gates, 1931 Pheretima longigula Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima longipenis Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima longiprostata Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima longisiphona Qiu, 1988 Pheretima lorella Gates, 1936 Pheretima loti Chen & Hsü, 1975 Pheretima loveridgei Gates, 1968 Pheretima lunata Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima luxa Gates, 1936 Pheretima maculata Ude, 1925 Pheretima maculodorsalis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima maculosa Gates, 1933 Pheretima maculosa Hatai, 1930 Pheretima magna Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima magnifica Y. Chen, 1936 Pheretima magnodiverticulata Thai, 1984 Pheretima makilingensis Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima malaca Gates, 1936 Pheretima malindangensis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima mamillana Gates, 1931 Pheretima mamillaris Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima mammoporophorata Thai, 1982 Pheretima mangophila T. T. Nguyen, 2011 Pheretima manicata Gates, 1931 Pheretima marenrelleri Cognetti, 1906 Pheretima margaritata Y. Hong & James, 2011 Pheretima mariae Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima martiorum Michaelsen, 1938 Pheretima maxima Cognetti, 1915 Pheretima medioca Chen & Hsü, 1975 Pheretima mendosa Gates, 1932 Pheretima mertoni Michaelsen, 1910 Pheretima michaelseni Ude, 1925 Pheretima miniata Gates, 1936 Pheretima minuta Gates, 1929 Pheretima mira Gates, 1972 Pheretima misamisensis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima misella Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima misera Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima modesta Michaelsen, 1927 Pheretima molesta Gates, 1931 Pheretima moniliata Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima monopera Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima monoporata James, 2004 Pheretima monoserialis Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima monotheca James, 2004 Pheretima monstrifera Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima montana Kinberg, 1866 (Tahiti; Typusart) Pheretima monticola Beddard, 1912 Pheretima morii Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima moultoni Michaelsen, 1914 Pheretima mucrorimus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima multitheca Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima murudi Ude, 1925 Pheretima musiana Michaelsen, 1932 Pheretima muta Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima mutica Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima myriochaeta Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima myriosetosa Chen & Zhiffang, 1977 Pheretima nagaensis Y. Hong & James, 2008 Pheretima nanula Chen & Yang, 1975 Pheretima nemoralis Gates, 1932 Pheretima nieuwenhuisi Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima noharuzakensis Ohfuchi, 1956 Pheretima nolani Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima notizusa Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima nubilus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima nugalis Gates, 1931 Pheretima nunezae Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima obscuritopora Y. Chen, 1930 Pheretima obtusa Ohfuchi, 1937 Pheretima oculata Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima oinakensis Cognetti, 1914 Pheretima omeimontis Pheretima omtrekensis Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima ophiodes Michaelsen, 1930 Pheretima ophthalmopapillata Thai, 1982 Pheretima orientalis Beddard, 1912 Pheretima ornata Gates, 1929 Pheretima osmastoni Michaelsen, 1907 Pheretima oyamai Ohfuchi, 1937 Pheretima oyuensis Ohfuchi, 1937 Pheretima paeta Gates, 1935 Pheretima pajana Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima palaoensis Ohfuchi, 1941 Pheretima pallescens Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima palmosa Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima panarana Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima pannosa Gates, 1936 Pheretima papilio Gates, 1930 Pheretima papillifera Gates, 1935 Pheretima papulosa Pheretima paraglandularis Fang, 1929 Pheretima parco Chen & Zhifang, 1977 Pheretima parmata Ude, 1924 Pheretima parvula Ohfuchi, 1956 Pheretima pauaiensis Beddard, 1912 Pheretima paucisetosa James, 2004 Pheretima pauxillula Gates, 1936 Pheretima pectinifera Michaelsen, 1931 Pheretima pedunculata Chen & Zhifang, 1977 Pheretima penichaetifera Thai, 1984 Pheretima penrisseni Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima perelae Thai, 1982 Pheretima petahana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima phasela Pheretima phaselus Hatai, 1930 Pheretima philippina Pheretima pickfordi Gates, 1957 Pheretima picteti Rosa, 1901 Pheretima pingi Stephenson, 1925 Pheretima pinguis Gates, 1930 Pheretima planata Gates, 1926 Pheretima planata Song & Paik, 1973 Pheretima plantopapillata Thai, 1982 Pheretima plantoporophorata Thai, 1984 Pheretima platycorpa Thai, 1982 Pheretima plesiopora Qiu, 1988 Pheretima plumatomusculata Thai, 1982 Pheretima pluviosa Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima poiana Michaelsen, 1914 Pheretima polychaetifera Thai, 1984 Pheretima polytheca Pheretima polytoreuta Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima pomella Gates, 1935 Pheretima pongchii Y. Chen, 1936 Pheretima porrecta Gates, 1932 Pheretima potonganensis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima praepinguis Gates, 1935 (Sichuan / Volksrepublik China) Pheretima prava Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima primadamae Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima principalis Michaelsen, 1932 Pheretima procera Gates, 1937 Pheretima puerilis Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima pusilla Ohfuchi, 1956 Pheretima quadrigemina Gates, 1932 Pheretima quelparta Kobayashi, 1937 Pheretima queribunda Gates, 1958 Pheretima quincunxia James, 2004 Pheretima ralla Gates, 1936 Pheretima rallida Gates, 1936 Pheretima rechingeri Cognetti, 1909 Pheretima referta Gates, 1931 Pheretima reisuiensis Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima rennellana Gates, 1957 Pheretima renschi Ude, 1932 Pheretima rhabdoidus Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima rimosa Gates, 1931 Pheretima riukiuensis Ohfuchi, 1957 Pheretima rockefelieri Y. Chen, 1933 Pheretima rosai Ude, 1932 Pheretima rubella Gates, 1936 Pheretima rubida James, 2004 Pheretima rufa Gates, 1948 Pheretima rufomaculata Gates, 1948 Pheretima rufula Gates, 1933 Pheretima rugosa James, 2004 Pheretima rutila Gates, 1936 Pheretima saba Sims & Easton, 1972 Pheretima saigonensis Omodeo, 1956 Pheretima sakaguchii Ohfuchi, 1938 Pheretima sanseiana Ohfuchi, 1951 Pheretima saonekana Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima sapinianus Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima scandens Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima schaedleri Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima schraderi Gates, 1970 Pheretima schultzei Ude, 1924 Pheretima scitula Gates, 1936 Pheretima sedgwicki Pheretima sembalunensis Ude, 1932 Pheretima sempoensis Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima sentanensis Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima sepikensis Ude, 1924 Pheretima serena Gates, 1936 Pheretima sermowaiana Cognetti, 1914 Pheretima serrata Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima servina Hatai & Ohfuchi, 1937 Pheretima setosa Cognetti, 1908 Pheretima seungpanensis Song & Paik, 1970 Pheretima sheni Y. Chen, 1935 Pheretima shinkeiensis Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima sibogae Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima siemsseni Michaelsen, 1931 Pheretima sigillata Gates, 1936 Pheretima silvestrii Cognetti, 1909 Pheretima silvestris Michaelsen, 1923 Pheretima simplex Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima simsi James & Y. Hong, 2004 Pheretima sinabungana Michaelsen, 1923 Pheretima singgalangi Michaelsen, 1930 Pheretima sintangi Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima sinuosa Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima socsonensis Thai, 1984 Pheretima sodalis Beddard, 1912 Pheretima solomonis Beddard, 1899 Pheretima sonaiensis Ohfuchi, 1956 Pheretima sonella Gates, 1936 Pheretima sonheri Reynolds & Wetzel Pheretima sopaikensis Song & Paik, 1973 Pheretima soulensis Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima speiseri Michaelsen, 1913 Pheretima spiridonovi Thai, 1996 Pheretima stelleri Pheretima stephensoni Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima strellana Gates, 1949 Pheretima subanensis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima subtilis Gates, 1943 Pheretima sucata Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima suctoria Michaelsen, 1907 Pheretima sulcata Gates, 1932 Pheretima susakii Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima swanus Tsai, 1964 Pheretima szechuanensis Y. Chen, 1931 Pheretima taipeiensis C-F. Tsai, 1964 Pheretima tajiroensis Ohfuchi, 1938 Pheretima tamiensis Ude, 1924 Pheretima tani Thai, 1996 Pheretima tappensis Ohfuchi, 1935 Pheretima tawarinensis Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima tecta Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima tenebrica Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima tenellula Gates, 1932 Pheretima terrigena Gates, 1932 Pheretima tertiadamae Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima thaii Y. Hong & James, 2011 Pheretima thecodorsata Y. Chen, 1933 Pheretima thienemanni Michaelsen, 1932 Pheretima tibetana Michaelsen, 1931 Pheretima tigris Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima tjandiana Michaelsen, 1932 Pheretima tjibodae Horst, 1893 Pheretima tonkinensis Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima torii Ohfuchi, 1941 Pheretima tosaensis Ohfuchi, 1938 Pheretima tosariana Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima touranensis Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima travancorense Fedarb, 1898 Pheretima triastriata Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima tripuncta Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima trivandrana Stephenson, 1916 Pheretima trukensis Ohfuchi, 1940 Pheretima truongsonensis Thai, 1984 Pheretima tschiliensis Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima tuberculata Gates, 1935 Pheretima tumulifaciens K. Lee, 1967 Pheretima turneri Ude, 1924 Pheretima ultoria Y. Chen, 1935 Pheretima umbraticola Gates, 1932 Pheretima unicystis K. Lee, 1981 Pheretima vallis Kobayashi, 1936 Pheretima varellana Michaelsen, 1934 Pheretima varians Y. Chen, 1938 Pheretima velata Gates, 1930 Pheretima vergrandis Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima versteegi Michaelsen, 1913 Pheretima vialis Michaelsen, 1924 Pheretima vicinipora James, 2004 Pheretima viracensis Y. Hong & James, 2009 Pheretima virgata James, 2004 Pheretima vivida Y. Chen, 1946 Pheretima voeltzkowi Michaelsen, 1907 Pheretima vulgaris Y. Chen, 1930 Pheretima wati Aspe & James, 2014 Pheretima weberi Cognetti, 1913 Pheretima wendessiana Cognetti, 1911 Pheretima wimberlayana Stephenson, 1925 Pheretima winkleri Michaelsen, 1928 Pheretima wui Y. Chen, 1935 Pheretima yamadai Hatai, 1930 Pheretima yamijoyamensis Ohfuchi, 1935 Pheretima yapensis Ohfuchi, 1941 Pheretima yezoensis Kobayashi, 1938 Pheretima youngi Gates, 1932 Pheretima yuhsi Tsai, 1964 Pheretima yunlongensis Chen & Zhifang, 1977 Pheretima yunoshimensis Hatai, 1930 Pheretima zavattarii Cognetti, 1909 Pheretima zenkevicki Thai, 1982 Pheretima zonate Michaelsen, 1922 Pheretima zoysiae Y. Chen, 1933

Johan Gustaf Hjalmar Kinberg beschrieb 1866 gleichzeitig mit der Gattung Pheretima zwei hierzu gehörige Arten: Pheretima montana, die in den Bergen der Pazifikinsel Tahiti lebt, und Pheretima californica, die in Waldböden Kaliforniens heimisch ist. Seitdem sind über 1000 Untertaxa – Arten oder Unterarten – dieser Gattung beschrieben worden, wobei für die meisten der Status nicht geklärt ist. Größere Beachtung hat auch die zu erheblichen Größen heranwachsende, in Südostasien verbreitete Pheretima darnleiensis (J. J. Fletcher, 1886) gefunden. Pheretima praepinguis Gates, 1935 ist dagegen eine Art, die in der Provinz Sichuan in der Volksrepublik China heimisch ist.

Wie alle Gürtelwürmer sind die Riesenregenwürmer der Gattung Pheretima Zwitter und pflanzen sich geschlechtlich durch gegenseitige Begattung fort, wobei das Sperma des jeweiligen Sexpartners in den Receptacula seminis gespeichert wird. Mithilfe des kurzen Clitellums werden Kokons gebildet, in die beide Muttertiere ihre Eier legen und mit dem Sperma des Sexpartners besamen. Die Embryonen entwickeln sich im Kokon zu fertigen Regenwürmern. In der Gattung Pheretima gibt es allerdings zahlreiche ausgesprochene r-Strategen, die sich auch durch Parthenogenese fortpflanzen.

Die Pheretima-Regenwürmer sind wie andere Crassiclitellaten Bodenbewohner und Substratfresser, welche die organischen Bestandteile des verschluckten Substrats verdauen und durch ihre Grabtätigkeit für eine Lockerung und Durchlüftung der Waldböden sorgen.

Charakteristische Merkmale der Gattung sind laut Johan G. H. Kinberg ein endständiger, quer verlaufender Kopflappen, der am oberen, vorderen Rand des Mundsegments (segmentum buccale) befestigt ist, zudem an jedem Segment (außer dem ersten und dem letzten) jeweils um dessen Äquator angeordnete Borsten, deren Anzahl an den hinteren Segmenten höher ist als den vorderen, sowie an den Segmenten bauchseitig jeweils zwei Knötchen (Papillen). Kennzeichnend für die Gattung sind auch ein Paar Blindsäcke in einem einzelnen Segment (bei den meisten Arten) und ein Kaumagen im 8. Segment. Die Tiere haben 4 Paar Ringherzen vom 10. bis zum 13. Segment, manchmal nur 3 Paar vom 10. bis 12. Segment. Die Riesenregenwürmer der Gattung Pheretima haben ein kurzes Clitellum, das lediglich vom 14. bis 16. Segment reicht. Wie alle Gürtelwürmer sind sie Zwitter, deren beide weiblichen Geschlechtsöffnungen ventral am 14. Segment, die beiden männlichen dahinter am 18. Segment liegen, wobei auch Genitalpapillen vorhanden sein können. Die zwei Paar Hoden liegen – kennzeichnend für die Gattung – in Hodensäcken, wie bei anderen Regenwürmern im 10. und 11. Segment, also vor den Eierstöcken im 13. Segment. Von den vier Hoden und den traubenförmigen Prostatae führen zu den zwei männlichen Öffnungen gemeinsame, kombinierte paarige Röhren und kreuzen dabei mehrere Segmente, darunter das eierstocktragende. Die Anzahl der Receptacula seminis variiert. Die Ausgänge derselben befinden sich wie bei einem Großteil der Megascolecidae an allen oder manchen Furchen vom Übergang vom 4. zum 5. bis zum Übergang vom 9. zum 10. Segment, selten innerhalb eines Segments, also immer vor den hodentragenden Segmenten.