A checklist of British earthworm species
Sixty species of earthworm have been recorded in Britain. However, of these, 34 species are exotic species that have been introduced and are mostly to be found in glasshouses and other human environment. These species are not generally found living freely in soils. Twenty-six species are found living freely in soils and these are considered to be the natural earthworm fauna.
Below is a list of all 60 species recorded in Britain. This list is taken from a paper by Emma Sherlock and Dan Carpenter published in the European Journal of Soil Biology in 2009.
Family Lumbricidae
Allolobophora chlorotica
Allolobophoridella eiseni
Aporrectodea caliginosa
Aporrectodea cupulifera
Aporrectodea limicola
Aporrectodea longa
Aporrectodea rosea
Dendrobaena attemsi
Dendrobaena hortensis
Dendrobaena octaedra
Dendrobaena pygmaea
Eisenia veneta
Eisenia fetida
Eiseniella tetraedra
Helodrilus oculatus
Lumbricus castaneus
Lumbricus festivus
Lumbricus friendi
Lumbricus rubellus
Lumbricus terrestris
Murchieona muldali
Octolasion cyaneum
Octolasion tyrtaeum
Satchellius mammalis
Family Acanthodrilidae
Microscolex phosphoreus
Family Sparganophilidae
Sparganophilus tamesis
Family Acanthodrilidae
Dichogaster affinis
Dichogaster boulai
Dichogaster gatesi
Dichogaster saliens
Family Eudrilidae
Eudrilus eugeniae
Eudriloides durbanensis
Helodrilus lagosensis
Hyperiodrilus africanus
Family Glossoscolecidae
Diachaeta hesperidum
Diachaeta bardadensis
Pontoscolex corethrurus
Family Megascolecidae
Amynthas alexandri alexandri
Amynthas corticis
Amynthas gracilis
Amynthas morrisi
Amynthas rodericensis
Anisochaeta celmisiae
Anisochaeta minor
Metaphire california
Metaphire posthuma
Metaphire schmardae schmardae
Metapheretima taprobane
Perionyx excavatus
Family Moniligastridae
Drawida barwelli
Family Ocnerodrilidae
Eukerria rubra
Gordiodrilus ditheca
Gordiodrilus dominicensis
Gordiodrilus elegans
Gordiodrilus robustus robustus
Ilyogenia africana
Nematogenia lacuum
Ocnerodrilus occidentalis
Family Octocheatidae
Eutyphoeus nicholsoni
Trigaster minima