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Published November 4, 2025 | Version v1
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Eisenia spelaea

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary

Description

Eisenia spelaea (Rosa, 1901)

Allolobophora spelaea Rosa, 1901: 6.

Eisenia spelaea Rosa, 1901

Eisenia foetida (Savigny, 1826) (Misidentification!)

Helodrilus (Allolobophora) smaragdina (Rosa) 1892 (Misidentification!)

Allolobophora foetida: Rosa 1895: 8.

Eisenia spelaea: Cognetti 1906: 5; Csuzdi 2012.

Inv. No. V4844 2 ex., Fuzine (Croatia), leg. Ganglbauer. Inv. No. V4845 6 ex., Črna Prst (Slovenia), leg. Ganglbauer. Inv. No. V4847 7 ex., Kroatien, Berg Kik (Kik Mt, Croatia), 100 m, leg. Sturany. Inv. No. V4848 8 ex., Plitvicer Seen (Plitvice Lakes, Croatia), leg. Sturany. Inv. No. V4877 2 ex. Črna Prst (Slovenia), 600–1350 m, leg. Penther. Inv. No. V4878 3 ex., Mus. Zool. 17616? leg. Samissa, 08.09.1942. Inv. No. V4930 7 ex., Črna Prst (Slovenia), leg. Ganglbauer.

Remarks. The V4844, V4845, V484 and V4848 specimens are listed under the name Eisenia foetida in the collection, and are clearly misidentifications. The V4930 vial contains 7 E. spelaea and 6 Ap. smaragdina specimens under the name Helodrilus (Allolobophora) smaragdina.

Notes

Published as part of Szederjesi, Tímea, 2025, Hidden treasures revealed: Catalogue of the Lumbricidae species in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (Annelida: Oligochaeta), pp. 43-65 in Zootaxa 5717 (1) on pages 54-55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17889993

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287FDFF841E4ACFA13962BCF8FDDA

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.3 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/17889993 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFABFF85FF8F1E46CF363E51BE5CFFE7 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/25259609-73C1-45E8-83A8-852F240CCAD7 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/039287FDFF841E4ACFA13962BCF8FDDA (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/311949960 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313829/taxon/039287FDFF841E4ACFA13962BCF8FDDA.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rosa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Eisenia
Species
spelaea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eisenia spelaea (Rosa, 1901) sec. Szederjesi, 2025

References

  • Rosa, D. (1901) Un Lombrico cavernicolo (Allolobophora spelaea n. sp.). Atti della Societa Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena, 4, 36-39.
  • Savigny, J. C. (1826) Analyse des Travaux de l'Academie royale des Sciences, pendant l'annee 1821, partie physique. In: Cuvier, G. (Ed.), Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de l'Institut de France Paris, 5, 176-184.
  • Rosa, D. (1895) Nuovi lombrichi dell'Europa orientale. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 10 (21), 1-8.
  • Cognetti, L. (1906) Nuovi dati sui Lumbricidi dell'Europa orientale. Bolletino Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 21 (527), 1-18.
  • Csuzdi, Cs. (2012) Earthworm species, a searchable database. Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 43 (1), 97-99.