Blakemore, Robert J.; Sato, Takehiro; Vasnick, Chelsea; Lim, Shu Yong. (2022). First Records from Japan of European Vermi-composter Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa,1886) and of “Classical” Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Lumbricidae). Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science). 51: 89-94.
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Blakemore, Robert J.; Sato, Takehiro; Vasnick, Chelsea; Lim, Shu Yong
2022
First Records from Japan of European Vermi-composter Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa,1886) and of “Classical” Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Lumbricidae)
Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science)
European earthworms Dendrobaena veneta veneta (Rosa, 1886) and Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 are new records for Japan found in vermi-compost and fishing bait supplies. Both were likely introduced via the USA some years earlier when much stock was shipped to meet Japanese composting needs.