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Dendrobaena octaedra

(Savigny, 1826)

Octagonal-tail Worm

GNRUnranked Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.964715

Element CodeIAOLI34010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumAnnelida

ClassOligochaeta

OrderHaplotaxida

FamilyLumbricidae

GenusDendrobaena

Concept Reference

Reynolds, J.W. and M.J. Wetzel. 2008. Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Bermuda. Megadrilogica 12(12):157-208.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Labrador	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No

Roadless Areas (2)

Virginia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Walker Mountain	Jefferson National Forest	9,818
Mountain Lake Addition C	Jefferson National Forest	494

References (1)

Reynolds, J.W. and M.J. Wetzel. 2008. Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Bermuda. Megadrilogica 12(12):157-208.