Octodrilus complanatus (Dugès, 1828)

Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J. & Omodeo, Pietro, 2017, Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 4311 (2), pp. 287-291 : 289

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BDF3EBF8-378E-47A4-94DF-B024AB868DA8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010871
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B-1924-0F62-FF6C-15BB7DB78A09
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Octodrilus complanatus (Dugès, 1828)
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Treatment

Octodrilus complanatus (Dugès, 1828) View in CoL

St. 2, 4 ad., 3 juv.; St. 5, 23.04.1983, 3 ad., 6 juv.

Already recorded by Csuzdi & Sciberras (2014) from an unspecified locality with Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826) , traced by the present authors to be Il-Ballut tal-Wardija. A circum-Mediterranean species found in Sicily in all types of habitats; in the Maghreb it prefers grasslands with or without trees.