Species Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)
Generic Combinations
- Allolobophora caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
Tétry, A. 1937. Révision des lombriciens de la collection de Savigny. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 9(2): 140-155 [146]
Gerard, B.M. 1964. Lumbricidae (Annelida) with keys and descriptions. Synposes of the British Fauna. London : The Linnean Society of London Vol. 6 2, 58 pp. [27]
Zicsi, A. 1982. Verzeichnis der bis 1971 beschriebenen und revidierten Taxa der Familie Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 28: 421-454 [444] - Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. pp. 575 in Michaelsen, W. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [482] - Nicodrilus caliginosus caliginosus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
Bouché, M.B. 1972. Lombriciens de France, écologie et systématique. Articles de Zoologie-Écologie animale (numéro hors-série). Institut national de la Recherche agronomique, Paris. pp. 621 [326]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Allolobophora trapezoides (Dugès, 1828). —
Gates, G.E. 1972. Contributions to North American earthworms No. 3. Towards a revision of the earthworm family Lumbricidae, IV. The trapezoides species group. Bulletin of the Tall Timbers Research Station 12: 1-146 [89] - Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosus trapezoides (Dugès, 1828). —
Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. pp. 575 in Michaelsen, W. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [483] - Allolobophora tuberculata (Eisen, 1873). —
Gates, G.E. 1972. Contributions to North American earthworms No. 3. Towards a revision of the earthworm family Lumbricidae, IV. The trapezoides species group. Bulletin of the Tall Timbers Research Station 12: 1-146 [43] - Allolobophora nocturna Evans, 1946. —
Gerard, B.M. 1964. Lumbricidae (Annelida) with keys and descriptions. Synposes of the British Fauna. London : The Linnean Society of London Vol. 6 2, 58 pp. [29]
Gates, G.E. 1972. Contributions to North American earthworms No. 3. Towards a revision of the earthworm family Lumbricidae, IV. The trapezoides species group. Bulletin of the Tall Timbers Research Station 12: 1-146 [134]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan, including India, Pakistan, Middle East, Europe, North Africa, South Africa, South America, Central America, the USA including Hawaii, Canada, Japan, China, Taiwan, New Zealand, east Atlantic islands and Saint Helena Island, Iceland and Greenland. In Taiwan, it is a rare introduced species recorded at only a few localities.
Introduced.
Distribution References
- Baker, G.H., Carter, P.J. & Barrett, V.J. 1999. Influence of earthworms, Aporrectodea spp. (Lumbricidae), on pasture production in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 50(7): 1247-1257 [1247]
- Blakemore, R.J, Ito, M.T. & Kaneko, N. 2006. Alien earthworms in the Asia/Pacific region with a checklist of species and the first records of Eukerria saltensis (Oligochaeta: Ocnerodrilidae) and Eiseniella tetraedra (Lumbricidae) from Japan, and Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae) from Okinawa. 173-181 pp. in Koike, F., Clout, M.N., Kawamichi, M., De Poorter, M. & Iwatsuki, K. Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks. Kyoto, Japan and Gland, Switzerland : Shoukadoh Book Sellers and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) 216 pp. [ISBN: 978-4-87974-604-7] [177]
- Blakemore, R.J. 1999. Diversity of exotic earthworms in Australia - a status report. pp. 182-187 in Ponder, W.F. & Lunney, D. (eds). The Other 99%. The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Mosman (NSW) : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 454 pp. [183]
- Blakemore, R.J. 2006. Checklist of megadrile earthworms from Greenland and Iceland. http://www.bio-eco.eis.ynu.ac.ep/eng/Database/Earthworm.pdf [7 pp.] [2]
- Chang, C.-H., Shen, H.-P. & Chen, J.-H. BiotaTaiwanica: Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826). Version 2010. http://clitellates.biota.biodiv.tw/pages/584 [BiotaTaiwanica is a TaiBIF project funded by National Science Council]
- Christoffersen, M.L. 2011. Catalogue of the Lumbricidae (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbricoidea) from South America, with remarks on the systematics of the Lumbricina. Zoosystema 33(2): 141-173 [145]
Diagnosis
External characters. Length 35-200 mm, clitellum width 3.5-4 mm, segment number 117-246. Prostomium epilobous. Setae lumbricine. First dorsal pore 6/7-14/15. Clitellum 27,28,29,30-34,35, saddle-shaped. Spermathecal pores two pairs in 9/10/11, lateral in cd lines. Female pores paired in 14, lateral to seta b, small slits. Male pores paired in 15, large slits, between setae b and c. Tubercula pubertatis in bc in 31 and 33, interrupted in 32, as two pairs of protuberances. Genital tumescences around ab in 9-11, 27, 30, 32-34,35. Live specimens pink to light brownish red, clitellum darker.
Internal characters. Septa 5/6-9/10 slightly thickened. Gizzard in 17. Calciferous glands paired in 10. Intestine enlarged from 20. Typhlosole from 21-24. Hearts in 6-11. Spermathecae two pairs in 10 and 11, round, small. Nephridia holoic. Ovaries in 13. Testes two pairs in 10 and 11. Seminal vesicles paired in 9-12. Prostate glands absent.
Diagnosis References
Chang, C.-H., Shen, H.-P. & Chen, J.-H. BiotaTaiwanica: Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826). Version 2010. http://clitellates.biota.biodiv.tw/pages/584 [BiotaTaiwanica is a TaiBIF project funded by National Science Council] (URL accessed 29/1/2012)
General
Aporrectodea caliginosa contains four subspecies ( A. caliginosa caliginosa and A. caliginosa alternisetosa, A. caliginosa meridionalis and A. caliginosa obscuricola) and while the species has been recorded in Australia, the specimens have rarely been assigned to a subspecies.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2023 | OLIGOCHAETA | 06-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| 17-Oct-2023 | OLIGOCHAETA | 07-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| OLIGOCHAETA | 03-May-2011 | ADDED | Dr Robin Wilson |