Eiseniella tetraedra
This red worm may vary from 2 to 8 cm in length. It is aquatic and can be found in mud or under stones in rivers, as well as in damp areas on land. It has a distinctive cliellum (saddle) around segments 20-25.
Found in gardens, fields, pastures, forests, estuary flats, lake shores, and in manure, often in damp conditions.
All year round.
Widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Brook
04 July 2013
David Nicholls
Ratby
20 April 2013
David Nicholls
Broughton Astley
04 July 2013
David Nicholls
Broughton Astley
04 July 2013
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Species profile
- Common names
- Square-Tailed Worm
- Species group:
- Worms
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Crassiclitellata
- Family:
- Lumbricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 20/04/2013 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 04/07/2013 (Nicholls, David)
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