Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843

Nxele, Thembeka C., Mwabvu, Tarombera & Yekwayo, Inam, 2021, Earthworm species occurrence in agroecosystems in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, African Invertebrates 62 (2), pp. 411-425 : 411

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.67875

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843
status

 

Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843

Type locality.

Unknown

RSA distribution

(Old material). KZN: Karkloof, Ndema/Grotto, Nottingham Road area and Sevenoaks. EC: Cape Flats. WC: Newlands Forest, Cape Peninsula, Jonkershook, Kirstenbosch, Swellendam and Barrydale. New material: KZN: Balgowan and Nottingham Road.

Remarks.

Lumbricus rubellus has been recorded in natural habitats, as well as from cultivated fields in small populations.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Clitellata

Order

Opisthopora

Family

Lumbricidae

Genus

Lumbricus