Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Crassiclitellata
Family: Lumbricidae
Genus: Eiseniella
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Cave NW of Naousa, Černosvitov 1938a, Černosvitov 1939, Rémy & Schweitzer 1939, Szederjesi et al. 2017
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Rémy & Schweitzer 1939, Lindberg 1955d, Omodeo 1955, Michalis 1982, Beron 2016, Szederjesi et al. 2017
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Paparadon, Omodeo 1955, Beron 2016, Szederjesi et al. 2017
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Za, Szederjesi 2015, Szederjesi et al. 2017
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Filoti
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.
  • Černosvitov, L. 1938. Zur Kenntnis der Oligochaetenfauna des Balkans. VI. Oligohaeten aus Griechenland. Zool. Anz., 123: 192-200.
  • Černosvitov, L. 1939. Etudes biospéologiques. X. Catalogue des Oligochètes hypogés.. Mus. Roy. Hist, nat. de Belgique 15(22): 1-92
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Michalis, K. 1982. Katalog der Oligochaetenfauna Griechenlands. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (2): 343-362.
  • Omodeo, P. 1955. Lombrichi cavernicoli di Grecia e Turchia raccolti dal Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, 7: 1-16.
  • Rémy, P. & Schweitzer, A. 1939. Oligochètes balkaniques. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 11 (6): 550-556.
  • 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. Eiseniella tetraedra (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 31.03.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026