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Compact jumping worm

Amynthas tokioensis (Beddard, 1892)

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The compact jumping worm (Amynthas tokioensis) is a species in the family Megascolecidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the compact jumping 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 compact jumping worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the compact jumping worm 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 compact jumping 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 compact jumping worm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyMegascolecidae
  6. genusAmynthas
  7. SpeciesAmynthas tokioensis (Beddard, 1892)

Synonyms Amynthas paiki, Amynthas verticosus, Perichaeta tokioensis, Pheretima parvicystis, Pheretima verticosa

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • フキソクミミズJapanese
  • 동경왕지렁이Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the compact jumping worm

Other species in the same genus Amynthas.

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Common questions

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Is the compact jumping worm an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the compact jumping worm?

The compact jumping worm (Amynthas tokioensis) belongs to the family Megascolecidae in the order Crassiclitellata.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Compact jumping worm (Amynthas tokioensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/compact-jumping-worm

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BibTeX
@misc{compact_jumping_worm_2026,
  title = {Compact jumping worm (Amynthas tokioensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/compact-jumping-worm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}