Subspecies Aporrectodea caliginosa caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

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• Enterion caliginosa Savigny, J.C. in Cuvier, G. 1826. Analyse Des Travaux de l'Académie royale des Sciences pendant l'année 1821, Partie Physique. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 5(Histoire de l’Académie): 153-203 [in 2nd section of volume 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 3/77, Paris, France.

  Type locality 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 28/1/12).
• Enterion carneum Savigny, J.C. in Cuvier, G. 1826. Analyse Des Travaux de l'Académie royale des Sciences pendant l'année 1821, Partie Physique. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 5(Histoire de l’Académie): 153-203 [in 2nd section of volume 5] [180] [non Friend, 1911; Cuvier reported on Savigny's work; Savigny did not publish the species name in a paper of his own].

  Secondary source:

   Friend, H. 1911. A new earthworm. The Zoologist Series 4 15: 192-193.
• Lumbricus lividus Templeton, R. 1836. A catalogue of the species of annulose animals, and of rayed ones, found in Ireland, as selected from the papers of the later J. Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, with localities, descriptions, and illustrations. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 9: 233-240 [235].
• Lumbricus gordianus Templeton, R. 1836. A catalogue of the species of annulose animals, and of rayed ones, found in Ireland, as selected from the papers of the later J. Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, with localities, descriptions, and illustrations. Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology 9: 233-240 [235].
• Lumbricus purus Dugès, A. 1837. Nouvelles observations sur le zoologie et l'anatomie des annélides abranches sétigères, I. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 8: 15-35 [17].
• Lumbricus communis anatomicus Hoffmeister, W. 1845. Übersicht aller bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer. Als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie. Braunschweig : Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn pp. 43. [28] [Part; non Lumbricus anatomicus Dugès, 1828, valid as Allolobophora chlorotica chlorotica (Savigny, in Cuvier 1826)].
• Lumbricus communis carneus Hoffmeister, W. 1845. Übersicht aller bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer. Als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie. Braunschweig : Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn pp. 43. [28].
• ?Lumbricus helenae Kinberg, J.G. 1867. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(4): 97-103 [98].
• ?Lumbricus hortensiae Kinberg, J.G. 1867. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(4): 97-103 [98].
• Lumbricus novaehollandiae Kinberg, J.G. 1867. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(4): 97-103 [99] [part., valid as Aporrectodea trapezoides (Dugès, 1828)].

  Secondary source:

   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].
• Lumbricus communis olivaceus Eisen, G. 1871. Bidrag till Skandinaviens Oligochaet-fauna. Terricolae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 953-971 [964].
• Lumbricus communis pellucidus Eisen, G. 1871. Bidrag till Skandinaviens Oligochaet-fauna. Terricolae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 953-971 [964] [non Lumbricus pellucidus Templeton, 1834: 131, synonym of Clitellio minutus Templeton, 1834].
• Allolobophora turgida turgida Eisen, G. 1873. Om Skandinaviens lumbricider. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 30(8): 43-56 [Date published 1874] [46-47] [Date sometimes (mis)quoted as 1874, e.g. Gates (1972: 84), Easton (1983: 479), Christoffersen (2011: 145).].
• Allolobophora turgida Eisen, G. 1874. New Englands och Canadas Lumbricides. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 31(2): 41-49 [46].
• Aporrectodea turgida f. tuberculata Eisen, G. 1874. New Englands och Canadas Lumbricides. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 31(2): 41-49 [43].
• Aporrectodea levis Hutton, F.W. 1877. On New Zealand earthworms in the Otago Museum. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 9: 350-353.
• Lumbricus australiensis Fletcher, J.J. 1886. Notes on Australian Earthworms—Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(2): 523-574 [539].
• Allolobophora beddardi Michaelsen, W. 1894. Zur Systematik der Regenwürmer. Abhandlungen der Gesellschaft Hamburg 1894: 1-182 [182].
• Helodrilus borellii Cognetti, L. 1904. Diagnosi di un nuovo lombrico del Chile. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 191: 1-2 [2].
• Allolobophora similis Friend, H. 1910. New garden worms. Gardeners' Chronicle (London) Series 3 48: 98-99 [99].
• Allolobophora remyi Cernosvitov, L. 1929. Communication préliminaire sur les oligochètes récoltés par M.P. Remy pendant la croisière arctique effectuée par le “Pourquoi-pas?” en 1926 sous la direction du Dr. J.B. Charcot. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] Series 2 1: 144-149 [149] [sometimes miscited as 1931].
• Allolobophora caliginosa hellenica Tzepelé, N.D. 1943. Greek symbols in Hungarian Lumbricidae (Oligocheata). University of Athens Dissertation. [Symbolé eis tén melethén ton Oligochaeton tés Hellados Magayaroszág Lumbricidái]. pp. 60 [In Romanian] [1].
• Allolobophora nocturna Evans, A.C. 1946. A new earthworm of the genus Allolobophora. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London Series 11 13: 98-101 [98] [?=A. giardi (cf. A. longa); misspelt "noctunus" in Qiu & Bouche, 1988: 188].
• Allolobophora arnoldi Gates, G.E. 1952. New species of earthworms from the Arnold Arboretum, Boston. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 1-3 [1].
• Allolobophora molita Gates, G.E. 1952. New species of earthworms from the Arnold Arboretum, Boston. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 1-3 [3].
• Nicodrilus caliginosus caliginosus paratypicus 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 [33] [invalid name; invalid varietal name; invalid infrasubspecific name (Christoffersen, 2011: 146)].
• Nicodrilus monticola Pérez-Onteniente, A. & Rodríguez Babio, C. 2002. Three new species of earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from the Valencian community, Spain. Journal of Natural History 36(5): 515-530 [517].
• Nicodrilus carochensis Pérez-Onteniente, A. & Rodríguez Babio, C. 2002. Three new species of earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from the Valencian community, Spain. Journal of Natural History 36(5): 515-530 [520].
• Nicodrilus tetramammalis Pérez-Onteniente, A. & Rodríguez Babio, C. 2002. Three new species of earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from the Valencian community, Spain. Journal of Natural History 36(5): 515-530 [521].
• Allolobophora inflata Michaelsen, W. 1899. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Oligochäten. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 12: 105-144 [124].
• Nicodrilus (Nicodrilus) caliginosus alternisetosus 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 [33].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Blakemore, R. 2007. An updated list of valid, invalid and synonymous names of Criodriloidea (Criodrilidae) and Lumbricoidea (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Sparganophilidae, Ailoscolecidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae, and Lutodrilidae). pp. 1-77 [19]
• 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]

 

Generic Combinations

• Aporrectodea caliginosa caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Easton, E.G. 1983. A guide to the valid names of Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta). pp. 475-485 in Satchell, J.E. (ed.). Earthworm Ecology from Darwin to Vermiculture. London : Chapman & Hall. [476]
  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]
• Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Michaelsen, W. 1899. Terricolen (Nachtrag). Hamburg : L. Friedrichsen & Co. 28 pp. [27]
  Michaelsen, W. 1904. Catalogo de los oligoquetos del territorio chileno-magellanico i descripcion de especies nuevas. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 6: 262-292 [288]
• Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  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]
  Sims R.W. & Gerard B.M. 1985. Earthworms. Keys and notes to the identification and study of species. In: Kermack, D.M. & Barnes, R.S.K. (eds) Synopsis of the British fauna (New Series) Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 31 171 pp. [54]
  Blakemore, R.J. 2002. Cosmopolitan Earthworms — an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. Canberra : VermEcology, Kippax 506 pp. [273, fig.4.4-4.6] (date should be 2002)
• Allolobophora caliginosa (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Beddard, F.E. 1896. Naiden, Tubificiden und Terricolen. I. Limicole Oligochaeten. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93 36(6): 1-62, 1 pl. [62]
  Michaelsen, W. 1899. Terricolen von verschiedenen Gebieten der Erde. Mitteilungen des Naturhistorische Museums in Hamburg 16: 1-122 [27]
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [84]
  Righi, G. 1979. Introducción al estudio de las lombrices del suelo (oligoquetos megadrilos) de la Provincia de Santa Fé (Argentina). Revista de la Asociación de Ciencias Naturales del Litoral, Collección Climax 2: 89-155 [146]
  Righi, G. 1984. On a collection of neotropical megadrili Oligochaeta, II. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 19: 99-120 [119]
  Zicsi, A. 1993. Neue und bekannte Regenwürmer aus Chile (Oligochaeta). Regenwürmer aus Südamerika. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 100: 627-640 [638]
• Helodrilus caliginosum (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [84]
• Lumbricus caliginosum (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [84]
• Enterion caliginosum (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [84]
• Nicodrilus caliginosum (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [84]
• Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826) [part.]. —
  Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. Das Tierreich 10: 1-565 [482]
  Santelices, M. Irribarra, V. Valdes, R. & Silva, F. 1973. Sobre algunos oligoquetos del Norte Chico (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae-Megascolecidae). Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso 6: 67-74 [67]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Lumbricus laevis Hutton, 1877 [incorrect spelling, part]. —
  Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Revisio Oligochaetorum Bohemiae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prague 1883: 215-228 [228]
• Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosus typicus. —
  Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. pp. 575 in Michaelsen, W. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [482]
• Aporrectodea caliginosa trapezoides. —
  Zicsi, A. & Csuzdi, C. 1988. Über einige Thamnodrilus Arten und andere Regenwürmer aus Ekuador (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae). Regenwurmer aus Südamerika, 3. Opuscula Zoologica. Budapest 23: 209-218 [217]
  Zicsi, A. 1993. Neue und bekannte Regenwürmer aus Chile (Oligochaeta). Regenwürmer aus Südamerika. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 100: 627-640 [638]
  Zicsi, A. & Csuzdi, C. 2001. Weitere Angaben zur Regenwurmfauna Chiles (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecida). Regenwürmer aus Südamerika, 33. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 88: 129-140 [139]
• Allolobophora tuberculata. —
  Gates, G.E. 1972. Burmese earthworms. An introduction to the systematics and biology of megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to South-east Asia. Transactions of the Australian Entomological Society 62(7): 1-326 [79]
• Allolobophora caliginosa f. typica. —
  Cordero, E.H. 1931. Notas sobre los oligoquetos del Uruguay. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Bernardino Rivadavia 36: 343-357 [353]
• Lumbricus cyaneus Savigny in Cuvier, 1826. —
  Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Revisio Oligochaetorum Bohemiae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prague 1883: 215-228 [228]
• Lumbricus communis cyaneus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826) [part.]. —
  Hoffmeister, W. 1845. Übersicht aller bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer. Als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie. Braunschweig : Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn pp. 43. [28]
• Allolobophora purus (Dugès, 1837). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [160]
• Aporrectodea turgida (Eisen, 1873). —
  Reynolds, J.W. 1977. The Earthworms (Lumbricidae and Sparganophilidae) of Ontario. Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications. Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario. pp. 141 [56]
  Mischis, C.C. 1999. Comunidades de lombrices (Oligochaeta) en diferentes ambientes de las Sierras Chicas, Córdoba, Argentina. Iheringia Série Zoologia 87: 19-28 [24]
• Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen, 1874). —
  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]
• Allolobophora turgida Eisen, 1874. —
  Gates, G.E. 1972. Burmese earthworms. An introduction to the systematics and biology of megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to South-east Asia. Transactions of the Australian Entomological Society 62(7): 1-326 [84] (part.)
  Ljungström, P.-O., Orellana, J.A. & De Priano, J.J. 1973. The Influence of some edaphic factors on earthworm distribution in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. Pedobiologia 13: 236-247 [240]
  Gates, G.E. 1977. On the correct generic name for some west coast native earthworms, with aids for the study of the genus. Megadrilogica 3: 54-60 [56]
  Zicsi, A. & Csuzdi, C. 2001. Weitere Angaben zur Regenwurmfauna Chiles (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecida). Regenwürmer aus Südamerika, 33. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 88: 129-140 [139]
• Lumbricus laevis Hutton, 1877 [subsequent misspelling; incorrect spelling, part., should be levis]. —
  Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Revisio Oligochaetorum Bohemiae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prague 1883: 215-228 [228]
• Lumbricus levis Hutton, 1877 [part. non Lumbricus levis Hutton, 1877]. —
  Vejdovsky, F. 1883. Revisio Oligochaetorum Bohemiae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prague 1883: 215-228 [228]
• Allolobophora australiensis Fletcher, 1886. —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [74]
• Allolobophora beddardi Michaelsen, 1894. —
  Ribaucourt, E. De 1896. Étude sur la faune lombricide de la Suisse. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 1-110 [40]

 

Introduction

Aporrectodea caliginosa contains four subspecies ( A. caliginosa caliginosa and A. caliginosa alternisetosa, A. caliginosa meridionalis and A. caliginosa obscuricola) and although the species has been recorded in Australia, the specimens have rarely been assigned to a subspecies.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Also found in: Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Brazil, Central America, North America, Canada, East Atlantic islands, Europe, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and Saint Helena island, Iceland and Greenland

Introduced.

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	30-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	06-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	14-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
	OLIGOCHAETA	29-Jan-2012	ADDED	Dr Robin Wilson