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Gordiodrilus elegans

Gordiodrilus elegans

Beddard, 1892

GBIF:123207185

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Descriptions(3)

Remark. It is an introduced species, and probably originates from tropical regions of Africa (Gates 1972). In Vietnam, it is usually found in wet soils of disturbed habitats (Thai 2000 b).
Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
Distribution. A cosmopolitan species; reported from England (Kew Gardens), Myanmar, India, East and West Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Abyssinia, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Puerto Rico, Bonaco Isl. (Blakemore 2002) Vietnamese name. Giun gordio tinh t ế.
Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
Type locality. England (Kew Garden, soil from Lagos, Nigeria). Type material. NHM London, U. K. Records from Vietnam. Widely known from various parts of Vietnam (Thai 2000 b).
Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1

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A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T., Blakemore, Robert J. (2016): A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1

Abstract

The comprehensive checklist of earthworms in Vietnam is presented here listing 24 genera and 212 species arranged in eight families. For each species, bibliographic citations are given, including the original descriptions as well as notable citations affecting taxonomic status or distributional reports of a species. Distributions of each species are also provided. The bibliography contains all relevant papers for Vietnamese earthworms. Of 212 species, 114 have been recorded only in Vietnam, and 25 are cosmopolitan. New combinations are made for Amynthas acalifornicus (Do & Huynh, 1991) comb. nov., A. binhgiaensis (Le, 1994) comb. nov., Metaphire catbaensis (Thai & Le, 1993) comb. nov., M. khoii (Do & Tran, 1994) comb. nov., M. phaluongana (Do & Huynh, 1992) comb. nov., and M. mangophila (Nguyen, 2011) comb. nov., M. tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993) comb. nov. Additionally, Pheretima paraalexandri Nguyen, 2011 is treat- ed as a junior synonym of Amynthas polychaetiferus (Thai, 1984).

Key words: Megadriles, checklist, species distributions, taxonomy, exotic cosmopolitans, earthworm, fauna, Vietnam

Nguyen T T, Nguyen A D, Tran B T T, Blakemore R J, plazi (2016). A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2016View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
123207185
Dataset Key
01995ca4-7d04-4402-b21a-926957b1a391
Origin
source
Backbone Key
8681698
Taxon ID
B5727931FFFF7948FF3C23B661E68E4C.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026