Subspecies Eiseniella tetraedra tetraedra (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Enterion tetraedrum 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] [184].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP (No other details recorded in Reynolds & Cook (1976)).
• ?Lumbricus quadrangularis Risso, A. 1826. Les lombrics. pp. 426, 427 in Risso, A. Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F.-G.Levrault Vol. 4 iv, 439 pp., 12 pls. [Date published November 1826] [426].
• ?Lumbricus amphisbaena Dugès, A. 1828. Recherche sur la circulation, la respiration et la reproduction des annélides sétigères abranches. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 15(1): 284-336 [289].
• Lumbricus agilis Hoffmeister, W. 1843. Beitrage zur Kenntnis deutscher Landanneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1): 183-198 [191].
• Lumbricus tetraedrus luteus Eisen, G. 1871. Bidrag till Skandinaviens Oligochaet-fauna. Terricolae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 953-971 [967].
• Lumbricus tetraedrus obscurus Eisen, G. 1871. Bidrag till Skandinaviens Oligochaet-fauna. Terricolae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 953-971 [968].
• Allurus neapolitanus Örley, L. 1885. A palearktikus övben élö Terrikoláknak Revíziója és elterjedése. Ertekezések a Természettudományok Köréböl. Kiadja a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Budpest 15(18): 1-34 [12].
• Allurus ninii Rosa, D. 1886. Note sui lombrici del Veneto. Atti del Istituto Reale Veneto di Scienze Series 6 4: 673-687 [680].
• Allurus dubius Michaelsen, W. 1889. Oligochaeten des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. I. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 3-17 [10].
• Allurus tetragonurus Friend, H. 1892. On a new species of earthworm. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Series 3 2: 402-410 [402].

  Secondary source:

   Friend, H. 1892. The earthworms of Middlesex. Science Gossip, London 28: 194-196 [194].
• Allurus flavus Friend, H. 1892. On a new species of earthworm. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Series 3 2: 402-410 [402].
• Allurus macrurus Friend, H. 1893. On some new Irish earthworms. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Series 3 2: 453-462 [461].
• Allurus tetraedrus berniensis Ribaucourt, E. De 1896. Étude sur la faune lombricide de la Suisse. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 1-110 [69].
• Allurus tetraedrus novis Ribaucourt, E. De 1896. Étude sur la faune lombricide de la Suisse. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 1-110 [69].
• Allurus tetraedrus infinitesimalis Ribaucourt, E. De 1896. Étude sur la faune lombricide de la Suisse. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 1-110 [74].
• Eiseniella tetraedra hammoniensis Michaelsen, W. 1909. Oligochaeta. 1 in Brauer, A. (ed.). Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 13. [1].
• Allurus mollis Friend, H. 1912. Annelid hunting in Notts II. Reports of the Nottingham Nature Society 60: 50-64 [63].
• Eiseniella intermedius Jackson, A. 1931. The Oligochaeta of South-Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 71-136 [123] [non Cernosvitov, 1934].
• Eiseniella tetraedra var. popi Zicsi, A. 1960. Die Regenwürmfauna des uoberen ungarischen Donau-Ufergebietes. Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae Biol. 3: 427-440 [435].
• Eiseniella tetraedra proporandra Qiu, J.-P. & Bouché, M. 2000. Liste classée des taxons valides de lombriciens (Oligochaeta: Lumbricoidea) après l'étude des trois cinquièmes d'entre-eux. Documents pédozoologiques et intégrologiques Dijon 4: 181-200 [181].

 

Generic Combinations

• Eiseniella tetraedra tetraedra (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. [481]
  Zicsi, A. & Csuzdi, S. 2007. An annotated checklist of the earthworms of Chile (Oligochaeta). Earthworms from South America 43. pp. 235-246 in Brown, G.G. & Fragoso, C. (eds). Minhocas na America Latina: biodiversidade e ecologia. Londrina, Paraná, Brazil : Embrapa Soja. [241]
• Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. Das Tierreich 10: 1-565 [471]
  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. [42]
  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 [108]
  Reynolds, J.W. 1977. The Earthworms (Lumbricidae and Sparganophilidae) of Ontario. Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications. Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario. pp. 141 [84, fig. 26]
  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. [90, figs 29, 30]
  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. 2000. The taxonomic status of the earthworm fauna of Lake Pedder, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 109: 1-36 [33, fig. 22]
  Blakemore, R.J. 2002. Cosmopolitan Earthworms — an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. Canberra : VermEcology, Kippax 506 pp. [320, fig. 4.16] (should be 2002)
• Eisenia tetraedra (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Vail, V.A. 1974. Observations on the hatchlings of Eisenia foetida and Bimastus tumidus (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae). Contributions to North American earthworms (Annelida), number 11. Bulletin of the Tall Timbers Research Station 16: 1-8 [2]
• Lumbricus (Allurus) tetraedrus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Vaillant, L.L. 1889. Histoire naturelle des Annélés marins et d'eau douce. in De Quatrefages, A. & Vaillant, L.L. (eds) Lombriciniens, Hirudiniens, Bdellomorphes, Térétulariens et Planariens. Librarire Encyclopédique de Roret, Nates : Paris Vol. 3, Section 2. 340 pp. [151]
• Lumbricus tetraedrus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  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]
  Eisen, G. 1871. Bidrag till Skandinaviens Oligochaet-fauna. Terricolae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 953-971 [966]
• Allurus tetraedrus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). —
  Eisen, G. 1873. Om Skandinaviens lumbricider. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 30(8): 43-56 [Date published 1874] [54]
  Friend, H. 1892. On a new species of earthworm. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Series 3 2: 402-410 [402]
  Ribaucourt, E. De 1896. Étude sur la faune lombricide de la Suisse. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 1-110 [69]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Eisenia tetraedra f. typica. —
  Cernosvitov, L. 1937. On a collection of Indian earthworms of the family Lumbricidae. Records of the Indian Museum 39: 105-111 [107]
• Allurus hercynius. —
  Michaelsen, W. 1889. Oligochaeten des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. I. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 3-17 [7]
• Allurus amphisbaena (Dugès, 1828). —
  Friend, H. 1892. On a new species of earthworm. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Series 3 2: 402-410 [402]
• Lumbricus (Allolobophora) neapolitanus Örley, 1885. —
  Vaillant, L.L. 1889. Histoire naturelle des Annélés marins et d'eau douce. in De Quatrefages, A. & Vaillant, L.L. (eds) Lombriciniens, Hirudiniens, Bdellomorphes, Térétulariens et Planariens. Librarire Encyclopédique de Roret, Nates : Paris Vol. 3, Section 2. 340 pp. [113]
• Allurus ninii Rosa, 1886. —
  Michaelsen, W. 1889. Oligochaeten des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. I. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 3-17 [10]
• Eiseniella tetraedra mut. tetragonura (Friend, 1892) [pro Allurus tetragonus Friend, 1892]. —
  Michaelsen, W. 1932. Variations und Muatations-verhältnisse bei den Arten der Lumbricidengattung Eiseniella. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 67: 141-157 [154]
• Eiseniella macrurus (Friend, 1893). —
  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. [131]
• Eiseniella mollis (Friend, 1912). —
  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. [139]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also recorded from: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil, North America, eastern Atlantic islands, Europe, Africa, India, New Zealand and South Atlantic islands

Introduced.

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
	OLIGOCHAETA	18-Feb-2012	ADDED	Dr Robin Wilson