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Small leaf worm

Dendrobaena octaedra (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

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The small leaf worm (Dendrobaena octaedra) is a species in the family Lumbricidae, order Crassiclitellata.

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Quick facts about the small leaf 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 small leaf worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the small leaf worm as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Canadainvasive
  2. Chile
  3. Colombia
  4. Georgia
  5. 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 small leaf 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 small leaf worm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderCrassiclitellata
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. genusDendrobaena
  7. SpeciesDendrobaena octaedra (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Synonyms Allolobophora boeckii, Allolobophora octaedra, Allolobophora octaedra alpinula, Allolobophora octaedra irregularis, Allolobophora octaedra liliputiana, Dendrobaena boeckii, Dendrobaena camerani, Dendrobaena octaedra brevisella, Dendrobaena octaedra f. casterinensis, Dendrobaena octaedra f. quadrivesiculata, Enterion octaedrum, Helodrillus octaedrus, Helodrilus octaedrus, Lumbricus boeckii, Lumbricus flaviventris, Lumbricus octaedrus, Octolasion boeckii

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Octagonal-tail wormEnglish
  • Octagonal-tailed wormEnglish
  • MosormDanish
  • metsälieroFinnish
  • MosamaðkurFaroese
  • ムラサキツリミミズJapanese
  • Samaninis sliekasLithuanian
  • mosemeitemarkNorwegian Bokmål
  • Achthoekige spartelwormDutch
  • mosemeitemakkNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Таёжный червьRussian
  • råhumusmaskSwedish
  • Восьмигранная дендробенаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small leaf worm

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the small leaf worm an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the small leaf worm as invasive in 1 country: Canada. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the small leaf worm?

The small leaf worm (Dendrobaena octaedra) 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). Small leaf worm (Dendrobaena octaedra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-leaf-worm

MLA

“Small leaf worm (Dendrobaena octaedra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-leaf-worm.

BibTeX
@misc{small_leaf_worm_2026,
  title = {Small leaf worm (Dendrobaena octaedra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-leaf-worm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}