Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)

Blakemore, Robert J., 2013, Jeju-do earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea) - Quelpart Island revisited, Journal of Species Research 2 (1), pp. 15-54 : 42

Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)

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Material examined. In addition to specimen IV000024 9915 as noted above that provided DNA sample ( WO 12) and gave a result of either E. fetida or E. andrei . Two other specimens, one IV0000249919 providing DNA sample ( WO 7 that was mixed, resampled as w62 that is yet to provide results) from Songsaneup, Jeju collected 16 th Feb., 2012 by RJB.

Remarks. Cosmopolitan species, this the first record from Jeju; often confused with E. andrei Bouché, 1972 as either a synonym, morph, ‘variety’, sub-species, or as a separate species; however, several prior synonyms of E. fetida compete for priority ( Blakemore, 2010b).

Figures

Fig. 16. A Eisenia fetida/andrei specimen providing DNA sample (WM18) ventral view plus prostomium, calciferous glands in 11 & 12, some nephridia(13 & 20) and the spermathecae in situ in 9 & 10; lateral views show pale patch near 9 and tubercula pubertates in 28-31. B Eisenia fetida/andrei specimen providing DNA sample (WO7=w62) for comparison.