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Chinese jumper

Amynthas gracilis (Kinberg, 1866)

Status not recordedworms

The chinese jumper (Amynthas gracilis) is a species in the family Megascolecidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the chinese jumper

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 chinese jumper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chinese jumper as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Canary Islands
  2. Denmark
  3. Singapore
  4. South Africa
  5. Spain
  6. 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 chinese jumper 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 chinese jumper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyMegascolecidae
  6. genusAmynthas
  7. SpeciesAmynthas gracilis (Kinberg, 1866)

Synonyms Amyntas decimpapillata, Amyntas ijimae, Amyntas kamakurensis, Amyntas parvula, Nitocris gracilis, Perichaeta aspergillum, Perichaeta hawayana, Perichaeta pallida, Pheretima hawayana

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Chinese jumping wormEnglish
  • Thin jumping wormEnglish
  • ハワイミミズJapanese
  • 優雅遠環蚓Chinese
  • 纖細遠環蚓Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chinese jumper

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the chinese jumper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chinese jumper as introduced in 6 countries, including Canary Islands, Denmark, Singapore, South Africa and Spain, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the chinese jumper?

The chinese jumper (Amynthas gracilis) belongs to the family Megascolecidae 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). Chinese jumper (Amynthas gracilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-jumper

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“Chinese jumper (Amynthas gracilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-jumper.

BibTeX
@misc{chinese_jumper_2026,
  title = {Chinese jumper (Amynthas gracilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-jumper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}