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Bluenose worm

Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886)

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The bluenose worm (Dendrobaena veneta) is a species in the family Lumbricidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the bluenose worm

Weight
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Length
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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 bluenose worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bluenose worm as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Poland
  2. 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 bluenose worm 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 bluenose worm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. genusDendrobaena
  7. SpeciesDendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886)

Synonyms Allolobophora caucasica, Allolobophora hibernica, Allolobophora veneta, Allolobophora veneta hibernica, Allolobophora veneta robusta, Allolobophora veneta typica, Allolobphora veneta, Dendrobaena austriaca, Dendrobaena caucasica, Dendrobaena hibernica, Dendrobaena veneta var. ebneri, Dendrobaena veneta veneta, Eisenia austriaca, Eisenia hibernica, Eisenia veneta, Eisenia veneta robusta, Eisenia veneta tumida, Eisenia veneta typica, Eisenia zebra, Helodrilus venetus, Helodrilus venetus picta

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Blue nosed wormEnglish
  • European nightcrawlerEnglish
  • Riesen-RotwurmGerman
  • grote spartelwormDutch

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Relatives of the bluenose worm

Other species in the same genus Dendrobaena.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bluenose worm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bluenose worm as introduced in 2 countries: Poland and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bluenose worm?

The bluenose worm (Dendrobaena veneta) 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). Bluenose worm (Dendrobaena veneta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bluenose-worm

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“Bluenose worm (Dendrobaena veneta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bluenose-worm.

BibTeX
@misc{bluenose_worm_2026,
  title = {Bluenose worm (Dendrobaena veneta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bluenose-worm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}