Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Crassiclitellata
Family: Lumbricidae
Genus: Aporrectodea

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Cosmopolitan

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Triadas Tzagkarolon, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
• Spilaio Koutrouli, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
• Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
• Spilaio Agias Sofias, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia
• Spilaio Foli Spilios, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
• Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Omodeo 1956a, Omodeo 1956b, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
• Spilaio Kamilari, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
• Spilaio Kamilari IΙ, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
• Spilaio Kato Marathospilio, Omodeo 1956a, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Kynigiana
• Spilaio Za, Szederjesi 2015, Szederjesi et al. 2017
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Filoti

Comments

Synonym: Allolobophora rosea (Savigny, 1826)

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Omodeo, P. 1956. Oligocheti dell΄ Indochina e del Mediterraneo Orientale. Mem. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona, 5: 321-336.
• Omodeo, P. 1956. Contributo alla revisione dei Lumbricidae. Arch. Zool. Ital., 41: 129-212.
• Szederjesi, T. 2015. New earthworm records from various parts of Greece (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 46 (2): 143-152.
• Szederjesi, T., Vavoulidou, E., Chalkia, C., Dányi, L. & Csuzdi, C. 2017. An annotated checklist of earthworms of Greece (Clitellata: Megadrili). Zootaxa, 4272 (1): 57-82.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 02.04.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026