Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837)

Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J. & Omodeo, Pietro, 2017, Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 4311 (2), pp. 287-291 : 288

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.6010852
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B-1927-0F61-FF6C-15A97FE98A1C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837)
status

Treatment

Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837) View in CoL

St. 6, 14.11.1982, 1 ad., 07.12.1983, 4 ad.; St. 8, 3 ad.; St. 10, 09.04.1985, 1 ad.

New record. Peregrine, synanthropic, introduced worldwide, and notable for its bioluminescence, this species has a larger invasive capacity and adaptability than M. dubius . In Europe it has spread even into deep coal mines in southern Poland (Rota & de Jong 2015).