First Records from Japan of European Vermi-composter Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) and of “Classical” Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Lumbricidae)

Robert J. BLAKEMORE; Takehiro SATO; Chelsea VASNICK; Shu Yong LIM

doi:10.32225/bkpmnh.2022.51_89

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First Records from Japan of European Vermi-composter Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) and of “Classical” Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Lumbricidae)

Robert J. BLAKEMORE, Takehiro SATO, Chelsea VASNICK, Shu Yong LIM

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Keywords: Annelid, exotic alien invertebrates, megadrile earthworm, vermi-compost

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2022 Volume 2022 Issue 51 Pages 89-94

DOI https://doi.org/10.32225/bkpmnh.2022.51_89

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Abstract

European earthworms Dendrobaena veneta veneta (Rosa, 1886) and Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 are new records for Japan found in vermi-compost and fishing bait supplies. Both were likely introduced via the USA some years earlier when much stock was shipped to meet Japanese composting needs.

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