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Earthworm

Aporrectodea limicola (Michaelsen, 1890)

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The earthworm (Aporrectodea limicola) is a species in the family Lumbricidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the earthworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the earthworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the earthworm as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the earthworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the earthworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. genusAporrectodea
  7. SpeciesAporrectodea limicola (Michaelsen, 1890)

Synonyms Allolobophora limicola, Helodrilus limicola

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • European mudwormEnglish
  • WatergrauwwormDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the earthworm

Other species in the same genus Aporrectodea.

Grey worm

Aporrectodea caliginosa

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

Earthworm

Aporrectodea rosea

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

Blackhead

Aporrectodea longa

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

Mottled worm

Aporrectodea icterica

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the earthworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the earthworm as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the earthworm?

The earthworm (Aporrectodea limicola) belongs to the family Lumbricidae in the order Crassiclitellata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Earthworm (Aporrectodea limicola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/aporrectodea-limicola

MLA

“Earthworm (Aporrectodea limicola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/aporrectodea-limicola.

BibTeX
@misc{aporrectodea_limicola_2026,
  title = {Earthworm (Aporrectodea limicola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aporrectodea-limicola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}