Published November 4, 2025 | Version v1
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Lumbricus polyphemus

Authors/Creators

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

Description

Lumbricus polyphemus (Fitzinger, 1833)

Enterion polyphemum Fitzinger, 1833: 552.

Lumbricus polyphemus (Fitzinger, 1833)

Lumbricus polyphemus: Rosa 1895: 8; Zicsi 1965: 268; Csuzdi 2012.

Inv. No. V5129 3 ex., Wels (Austria), leg. Wessely. Inv. No. V5130 1 ex., Baden (Austria), leg. Holdhaus. Inv. No. V5131 1 ex., Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovia), leg. Sturany, 1906. Inv.No. V5132 1 ex., Mecsek Gebirge (Hungary), leg. Holdhaus, 1908. Inv. No. V5133 3 ex., Österreich (Austria). Inv. No. V5134 3 ex., Mehadia (Romania), leg. Ganglbauer. Inv. No. V5135 5 ex., Herkulesbad (Băile Herculane, Romania), leg. Ganglbauer. Inv. No. V5136 6 ex., Salzburg (Austria), leg. Wessely. Inv. No. V5137 3 ex., Mödling (Austria), leg. Ganglbauer.

Remark. The V5133 specimens are signed as cotypes in the collection. However, due to the scanty data it is impossible to decide with complete certainty whether these are indeed the type specimens.

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 page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/17889993

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fitzinger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Lumbricus
Species
polyphemus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lumbricus polyphemus (Fitzinger, 1833) sec. Szederjesi, 2025

References

  • Fitzinger, L. (1833) Beobachtungen uber die Lumbrici. Isis, 4, 549-553.
  • 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.
  • Zicsi, A. (1965) Bearbeitung der Lumbriciden-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums von Wien. Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 5 (2), 267-272.
  • Csuzdi, Cs. (2012) Earthworm species, a searchable database. Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 43 (1), 97-99.