List of earthworms of Canada
There are thirty three species of earthworms found in Canada. Canada is the second-largest country on Earth, while earthworms are perhaps "the best known of all soil animals" and are ecologically important creatures. Of the earthworms known in Canada, 23 are introduced from Europe, 2 are introduced from east Asia, and the remaining 8 are native species.
Species introduced to North America
Lumbricidae
Lumbricidae is a family possibly originating from the Palearctic realm, but in North America there are both native and introduced species.Allolobophora chloroticaAporrectodea bowcrowensisAporrectodea ictericaAporrectodea limicola Aporrectodea longaAporrectodea roseaAporrectodea trapezoidesAporrectodea tuberculataAporrectodea turgidaDendrobaena attemsiDendrobaena hortensisDendrobaena lusitana Dendrobaena octaedraDendrodrilus rubidus Eisenia fetida- Eisenia andreiEiseniella tetraedra Lumbricus castaneusLumbricus festivusLumbricus rubellusLumbricus terrestrisOctolasion cyaneumOctolasion tyrtaeum
- ''Satchellius mammalis''
Megascolecidae
Amynthas agrestisAmynthas hilgendorfiSpecies native to North America
Lumbricidae
Bimastos beddardiBimastos lawrenceae- ''Bimastos parvus''
Megascolecidae
Arctiostrotus fontinalisArctiostrotus perrieriArctiostrotus vancouverensis- ''Toutellus oregonensis''
Sparganophilidae
- ''Sparganophilus tamesis''