Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Cosmopolitan

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave NW of Naousa, Černosvitov 1938a, Černosvitov 1939, Rémy & Schweitzer 1939
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
• Spilaio Isvoron, Omodeo 1955, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
• Spilaio Paparadon, Omodeo 1955, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa

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
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026