Eisenia rosea (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Lumbricidae
Genus	Eisenia
Species	Eisenia rosea (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Troglophile
Realm: Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Illinois.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois

Counties

Illinois: Jo Daviess

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012

This account was last revised 6 September 2026.

How to cite this account

Eisenia rosea (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2416. https://cavebiology.org/species/eisenia-rosea/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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