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Earthworms of the Hatay Province (Turkey)

Altogether, 19 species of earthworms, encompassing the families Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae and Criodrilidae, were recorded by us (Csuzdi et al., 2007) from the Hatay Province, Turkey. Out of them; 15 (79%) species are autochthonous and 4 (21 %) species are peregrine (Table 7).

Table 7. A summary table of the earthworms of the Hatay Province (Turkey). (Abbreviations: A-species regarded as autochthonous ones, P-species regarded as peregrine ones).

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Species Recorded in Expected origin
Family Lumbricidae
Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), including the form trapezoides Csuzdi et al., 2007 P
Aporrectodea jassyensis (Michaelsen, 1891) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826) Csuzdi et al., 2007 P
Dendrobaena byblica byblica (Rosa, 1893) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Dendrobaena mahunkai Csuzdi et al., 2007 Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Dendrobaena omodeoi Csuzdi et al., 2007 Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Dendrobaena orientalis Cernosvitov, 1940 Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Dendrobaena pentheri (Rosa, 1905) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Dendrobaena veneta veneta (Rosa, 1886) Csuzdi et al., 2007; A
Eiseniella neapolitana (Örley, 1885) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) Csuzdi et al., 2007 P
Healyella syriaca (Rosa, 1893) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Helodrilus patriarchalis (Rosa, 1893) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Murcheiona minuscula (Rosa, 1905) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Perelia galileana Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005 Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Perelia hatayica Csuzdi et al., 2007 Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Family Acanthodrilidae
Microscolex phosphoreus (Antoine Dugès, 1837) Csuzdi et al., 2007 P
Family Criodrilidae
Criodrilus lacuum (Hoffmeister, 1845) Csuzdi et al., 2007 A
Total: 19 species   15 A + 4 P

 

References

Csuzdi, Cs., Pavlíček, T. and Mısırlıoğlu, M. 2007: Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Criodrilidae, Acanthodrilidae) of the Hatay Province, Turkey, with description of three new lumbricids. Acta zool. hung. 53: 347-361, Abstract

 

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