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Mottled worm

Aporrectodea icterica (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

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The mottled worm (Aporrectodea icterica) is a species in the family Lumbricidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the mottled 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 mottled worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. genusAporrectodea
  7. SpeciesAporrectodea icterica (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Synonyms Allolobophora icterica, Aporrectodea ictericus, Enterion ictericum, Eophila icterica, Helodrilus ictericus, Lumbricus ictericus, Nicodrilus ictericus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • BoomgaardgrauwwormDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mottled worm

Other species in the same genus Aporrectodea.

Grey worm

Aporrectodea caliginosa

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

Earthworm

Aporrectodea rosea

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

Blackhead

Aporrectodea longa

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

Earthworm

Aporrectodea limicola

LumbricidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mottled worm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mottled 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 mottled worm?

The mottled worm (Aporrectodea icterica) belongs to the family Lumbricidae in the order Crassiclitellata.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mottled worm (Aporrectodea icterica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-worm

MLA

“Mottled worm (Aporrectodea icterica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-worm.

BibTeX
@misc{mottled_worm_2026,
  title = {Mottled worm (Aporrectodea icterica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-worm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}