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Brown litter worm

Bimastos eiseni (Levinsen, 1884)

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The brown litter worm (Bimastos eiseni) is a species in the family Lumbricidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the brown litter worm

Weight
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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 brown litter worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown litter worm as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Canary Islands
  3. 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 brown litter 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 brown litter worm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. genusBimastos
  7. SpeciesBimastos eiseni (Levinsen, 1884)

Synonyms Allolobophora eiseni, Allolobophora rubra, Allolobophoridella eiseni, Bimastos beddardi, Bimastos eiseni gracilis, Bimastos oltenicus, Bimastus beddardi, Bimastus eiseni, Bimastus oltenicus, Bimastus parvus, Dendrobaena eiseni, Dendrobaena merciensis, Eisenia eiseni, Eisenia parva, Helodrilus eiseni, Helodrilus ruber, Lumbricus eiseni

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Small-tailed wormEnglish
  • Eisens ormDanish
  • VeenstrooiselwormDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown litter worm

Other species in the same genus Bimastos.

Cockspur

Bimastos rubidus

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the brown litter worm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown litter worm as introduced in 3 countries: Australia, Canary Islands and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the brown litter worm?

The brown litter worm (Bimastos eiseni) 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). Brown litter worm (Bimastos eiseni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-litter-worm

MLA

“Brown litter worm (Bimastos eiseni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-litter-worm.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_litter_worm_2026,
  title = {Brown litter worm (Bimastos eiseni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-litter-worm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}