Eisenia fetida Savigny, 1826

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 91-111 : 97

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14897567
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scientific name	Eisenia fetida Savigny, 1826
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Eisenia fetida Savigny, 1826 View in CoL

Enterion fetidum Savigny, 1826: 182 View in CoL .

Lumbricus semifasciatus Burmeister, 1835: 33 View in CoL .

Helodrilus (Eisenia) foetidus (Savigny) Michaelsen, 1913: 551 .

Allolobophora (Eisenia) fetida (Savigny) Stephenson, 1923: 499 .

Further synonyms in Blakemore (2012).

Type locality: Paris (42.8566°N, 2.35222°E), France GoogleMaps

Distribution in Nepal: Gandaki Province, Kaski District, Phirke Khola-Pokhara; Bagmati Province, Kathmandu ( Nesemann et al. 2007) and Macchegaun, Kirtipur ( Singh 2022)

Distribution elsewhere: Africa, Asia, and Australia, Bermuda, Europe, India, North America, South America, Russia ( Perel 1997; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003; Reynolds & Fragoso 2004; Narayanan et al. 2023).

Habitat: Moist soil and bottom of the streams, dung, vermicomposting pots, forest, garden, roadside, leaves, logs, compost ( Nesemann et al. 2007; Ahmed et al. 2020; Miglani et al. 2022; Singh 2022).

Ecology: Epigeic ( Szederjesi 2013; Miglani et al. 2022).

Remarks: Exotic earthworm species widely used in vermicomposting ( Najar & Khan 2011; Sankar & Patnaik 2018). Widespread, showing cosmopolitan occurrence ( Gates 1972). Probable native range: Caucasus region in Russia ( Perel 1997).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
SubClass	Oligochaeta
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Lumbricidae
Genus	Eisenia