Red Wiggler Worm

Eisenia foetida (Eisenia fetida)

General Status Rank: 
Alien
ELCODE: 
IAOLI21020
Common Name: 
Red Wiggler Worm
Scientific Name: 
Eisenia foetida (Eisenia fetida)
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Annelid (Earthworm)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Annelida
Class: 
Clitellata
Order: 
Opistohopora (Crassiclitellata)
Family: 
Lumbricidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

In a garden (Claire Singer) in Yellowknife and elsewhere as garden escapees (need to document locations).
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Alien
Status Rank Description: 
Draft rank by Dr. John W. Reynolds, Oligochaetology Laboratory, Kitchener, ON - possibly introduced in the NWT
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Rank drafted by Dr. John W. Reynolds in 2018 based on Reynolds, J.W. 2015. A checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, and Sparganophilidae) in western and northern Canada. Megadrilogica 17(10): 141-156.
Last Updated: 
November 21, 2023

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