Octagonal-Tail Worm
Dendrobaena octaedra (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties across three states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia

Counties

Georgia

Dade

North Carolina

Macon

Virginia

Rockbridge

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

National ranks

Canada

NNA

United States

NNA

Subnational ranks

British Columbia

SNA Not Applicable

Manitoba

SNA Not Applicable

Alberta

SNA Not Applicable

Newfoundland and Labrador

SNA Not Applicable

Northwest Territories

SNA Not Applicable

Saskatchewan

SNA Not Applicable

Prince Edward Island

SNA Not Applicable

Yukon

SNA Not Applicable

Ontario

SNA Not Applicable

New Brunswick

SNA Not Applicable

Nova Scotia

SNA Not Applicable

Indiana

SNA Not Applicable

Georgia

SNA Not Applicable

Montana

SNA Not Applicable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Reeves, W.K. & Reynolds, J.W. 1999. New records of cave-dwelling earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae and Naididae) and other annelids (Aeolosomatida, Branchiobdellida and Hirudinea) in the southeastern United States, with notes on their ecology. Megadrilogica 7: 65–71.
• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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