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

Megascolecidae

Amynthas agrestisAmynthas hilgendorfi

Species native to North America

Lumbricidae

Bimastos beddardiBimastos lawrenceae
  • ''Bimastos parvus''

Megascolecidae

Arctiostrotus fontinalisArctiostrotus perrieriArctiostrotus vancouverensis
  • ''Toutellus oregonensis''

Sparganophilidae

  • ''Sparganophilus tamesis''