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Cockspur

Bimastos rubidus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Status not recordedworms

The cockspur (Bimastos rubidus) is a species in the family Lumbricidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the cockspur

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 cockspur live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cockspur as introduced in 8 countries.

  1. Argentina
  2. Canary Islands
  3. Chile
  4. Georgia
  5. Qatar
  6. South Africa
  7. United States
  8. Venezuela

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 cockspur 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 cockspur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. genusBimastos
  7. SpeciesBimastos rubidus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Synonyms Allolobophora arborea, Allolobophora constricta, Allolobophora cyanea rubida, Allolobophora fraissei, Allolobophora putris, Allolobophora putris arborea, Allolobophora putris var. helvetica, Allolobophora putris var. subrubicunda, Allolobophora subrubicunda, Allolobophora tenuis, Bimastos rubidus f. subrubicundus, Bimastos rubidus f. tenuis, Bimastos rubidus subrubicundus, Bimastos tenuis, Bimastus tenius, Bimastus tenuis, Dendrobaena arborea, Dendrobaena arborea pygmaea, Dendrobaena constricta, Dendrobaena magnesa, Dendrobaena magnesia, Dendrobaena norvegica, Dendrobaena pieter, Dendrobaena putris, Dendrobaena rivulicola, Dendrobaena rubida, Dendrobaena rubida f. tenuis, Dendrobaena rubida rubida, Dendrobaena rubida subrubicunda, Dendrobaena rubida tenuis, Dendrobaena rubida var. subrubicunda, Dendrobaena subrubicunda, Dendrobaena subrubicunda var. papillosa, Dendrobaena tenuis, Dendrobaena victoris, Dendrodrilus rubidus, Dendrodrilus rubidus rubidus, Dendrodrilus rubidus subrubicundus, Dendrodrilus rubidus tenuis, Dendrodrilus subrubicunda, Dendrodrilus subrubicundus, Dendrodrilus subrubicundus subrubicundus, Dendrodrilus tenuis, Enterion rubidium, Enterion rubidum, Helodrilus constrictus, Helodrilus norvegicus, Helodrilus rubidus, Helodrilus rubidus subrubicunda, Helodrilus rubidus var. subrubicundus, Helodrilus subrubicundus, Helodrilus tenuis, Helodrilus victoris, Hypogeon havaicus, Lumbricus pieter, Lumbricus puter, Lumbricus rubidus, Lumbricus subrubicundus, Lumbricus terrestris rubidus, Lumbricus terrestris var. rubida, Lumbricus victoris, Lumbricus xanthurus, Octolasion rubidum

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Bank wormEnglish
  • Bark wormEnglish
  • Bark-eating earthwormEnglish
  • Barkeating earthwormEnglish
  • Cockspur [worm]English
  • Gilt tailEnglish
  • Gilt-tailEnglish
  • Golden-tailed brandlingEnglish
  • Small litter wormEnglish
  • Tree wormEnglish
  • StubormDanish
  • punalieroFinnish
  • Lombric à queue pâleFrench
  • 밝은띠낚시지렁이Korean
  • Raudonasis sliekasLithuanian
  • stubbemeitemarkNorwegian Bokmål
  • BosstrooiselwormDutch
  • stubbemeitemakkNorwegian Nynorsk
  • liten dyngmaskSwedish
  • 紅叢林蚓Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cockspur

Other species in the same genus Bimastos.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cockspur an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cockspur as introduced in 8 countries, including Argentina, Canary Islands, Chile, Georgia and Qatar, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cockspur?

The cockspur (Bimastos rubidus) 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). Cockspur (Bimastos rubidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cockspur

MLA

“Cockspur (Bimastos rubidus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cockspur.

BibTeX
@misc{cockspur_2026,
  title = {Cockspur (Bimastos rubidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cockspur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}