#4937 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Redhead Worm
🇳🇱 Gewone blauwkopworm ·Lumbricus rubellus
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what is it?
Lumbricus rubellus is a species of earthworm that is related to Lumbricus terrestris . It is usually reddish brown or reddish violet, iridescent dorsally, and pale yellow ventrally. 1 in) in length, with around 95–120 segments. Their native distribution was mainland Europe and the British Isles, but they have currently spread worldwide in suitable habitats.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 7 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,929 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Redhead Worm
- Nederlands
- Gewone blauwkopworm
- scientific name
- Lumbricus rubellus
- class
- Clitellata
- order
- Crassiclitellata
- family
- Lumbricidae
- sightings in NL
- 7
- sightings in Europe
- 276
- sightings worldwide
- 1,929
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,193
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Lumbricidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 199376, Wikidata Q1721412, GBIF 4410669, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.