identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039B9C1B19270F61FF6C14B97EF189CA.text	039B9C1B19270F61FF6C14B97EF189CA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aporrectodea georgii (Michaelsen 1890)	<div><p>Aporrectodea georgii (Michaelsen, 1890)</p><p>St. 4, 02.01.1993, 1 ad., 1 pub., 1 fragment.</p><p>New record. Present all along the northern Mediterranean, with a preference for wet soils. In central Italy it is confined to some altitude and is absent in the southern regions except for two records (800–1300 m) from Sicily (Martinucci &amp; Omodeo 1988) and Sardinia (unpubl. datum, Table 1). In the Maghreb it is only known so far from cultivated land in Algeria (Omodeo et al. 2003), where it has possibly been introduced with crops and has spread through irrigation channels.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19270F61FF6C14B97EF189CA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19270F61FF6C166B7C3888D9.text	039B9C1B19270F61FF6C166B7C3888D9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aporrectodea trapezoides (Duges 1828)	<div><p>Aporrectodea trapezoides (Dugès, 1828)</p><p>St. 9, 1 ad., 1 pub.</p><p>Already recorded by Csuzdi &amp; Sciberras (2014) from Chadwick Lakes and along with A. rosea (Savigny, 1826) from an additional unspecified locality that the present authors have traced to be within Wied Qirda, a typical wied in central Malta surrounded by agricultural land.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19270F61FF6C166B7C3888D9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19270F61FF6C12D97D4E8B09.text	039B9C1B19270F61FF6C12D97D4E8B09.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microscolex dubius (Fletcher 1887)	<div><p>Microscolex dubius (Fletcher, 1887)</p><p>St. 3, 1 ad.; St. 10, 09.03.1983, 1 ad.</p><p>New record. Peregrine, synanthropic. This acanthodrilid and its congener M. phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837), are both native of South America, but are now widely represented worldwide in anthropogenic habitats in regions with a Mediterranean climate. In Europe M. dubius has only been recorded from countries bordering the Mediterranean (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Albania and Greece; Rota 2013).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19270F61FF6C12D97D4E8B09	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19270F61FF6C15A97FE98A1C.text	039B9C1B19270F61FF6C15A97FE98A1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microscolex phosphoreus (Duges 1837)	<div><p>Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837)</p><p>St. 6, 14.11.1982, 1 ad., 07.12.1983, 4 ad.; St. 8, 3 ad.; St. 10, 09.04.1985, 1 ad.</p><p>New record. Peregrine, synanthropic, introduced worldwide, and notable for its bioluminescence, this species has a larger invasive capacity and adaptability than M. dubius . In Europe it has spread even into deep coal mines in southern Poland (Rota &amp; de Jong 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19270F61FF6C15A97FE98A1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19240F62FF6C11FB7DE88E49.text	039B9C1B19240F62FF6C11FB7DE88E49.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa 1893)	<div><p>Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893)</p><p>St. 1, 3 ad.</p><p>New record. Circum-Mediterranean, widespread in the Maghreb, Sardinia, and Corsica. In Sicily it is confined to the eastern provinces of Siracusa (Brucoli; Omodeo 1964) and Messina (Fiumedinisi, 06.04.1962, G. Sichel &amp; P. Alicata leg.; unpubl. datum. Fiumara Patrì, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto; Omodeo 1960).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19240F62FF6C11FB7DE88E49	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19240F62FF6C10E97DCD8DF4.text	039B9C1B19240F62FF6C10E97DCD8DF4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dendrobaena cognettii subsp. cognettii (Michaelsen 1903) cognettii (Michaelsen 1903	<div><p>Dendrobaena cognettii cognettii (Michaelsen, 1903)</p><p>St. 7, 2 ad.</p><p>New record. Woodland species; in the south of Italy this is a typical inhabitant of Mediterranean holm oak ( Q. ilex) forests (Rota et al. 2014). Records from Sicily are confined to the eastern provinces of Siracusa (Omodeo 1964) and Messina (Eolie Islands, Lipari, Chiesavecchia, 350 m, 12.03.1986, M.G. Filippucci leg., unpubl. datum). Present all along the northern Mediterranean, including the Balearic Islands (unpubl. datum, Table 1), absent from the Near East and from the Maghreb. In the latter region it is replaced throughout by the equally minute D. lusitana Graff, 1957 (Omodeo et al. 2003). In the Canaries the two species coexist (Omodeo &amp; Rota 2008).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19240F62FF6C10E97DCD8DF4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19240F62FF6C13B67F338CA2.text	039B9C1B19240F62FF6C13B67F338CA2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dendrodrilus subrubicundus (Eisen 1874)	<div><p>Dendrodrilus subrubicundus (Eisen, 1874)</p><p>St. 12, 2 ad., 1 juv.</p><p>New record. Litter-dwelling species, common in the Holarctic. Together with congener D. rubidus (Savigny, 1826) in its amphimictic and parthenogenetic forms, it is frequent in cave habitats. The vast majority of the lumbricid worms identified by Pop (1968) in Racovitza &amp; Jeannel's Biospeologica Collection belonged to Dendrodrilus, with frequency in samples triple than for Eiseniella tetraedra . Novak et al. (2015) found D. rubidus tenuis in percolating water drips in a cave in northern Slovenia, drifted there from an unknown subterranean habitat above the passage where the samples were collected.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19240F62FF6C13B67F338CA2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19240F62FF6C15437AEF8BFA.text	039B9C1B19240F62FF6C15437AEF8BFA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny 1826)	<div><p>Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826)</p><p>St. 2, 1 ad.; St. 4, 1 ad.; St. 5, 17.02.1983, 3 ad., 10.03.1983, 1 ad., 23.04.1983, 2 ad.; St. 10, 09.04.1985, 5 ad.; St. 11, 2 ad. Aquatic, distributed worldwide. Already reported by Csuzdi &amp; Sciberras (2014) from Chadwick Lakes.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19240F62FF6C15437AEF8BFA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19240F62FF6C15BB7DB78A09.text	039B9C1B19240F62FF6C15BB7DB78A09.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octodrilus complanatus (Duges 1828)	<div><p>Octodrilus complanatus (Dugès, 1828)</p><p>St. 2, 4 ad., 3 juv.; St. 5, 23.04.1983, 3 ad., 6 juv.</p><p>Already recorded by Csuzdi &amp; Sciberras (2014) from an unspecified locality with Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826), traced by the present authors to be Il-Ballut tal-Wardija. A circum-Mediterranean species found in Sicily in all types of habitats; in the Maghreb it prefers grasslands with or without trees.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19240F62FF6C15BB7DB78A09	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
039B9C1B19240F62FF6C14A97CF389F9.text	039B9C1B19240F62FF6C14A97CF389F9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa 1884)	<div><p>Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884)</p><p>St. 5, 10.03.1983, 1 ad.</p><p>The first earthworm species recorded from Malta (Baldasseroni 1907). Csuzdi &amp; Sciberras (2014) reported it from around St. Georges Bay, a heavily urbanized area surrounding a small valley (Wied Harq Hamiem). Trans-Aegean, absent from the Iberian Peninsula, France, Sardinia and North Africa. In southern Italy it is only known from Apulia and eastern Sicily (Avola, Siracusa Province; Omodeo 1964).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B19240F62FF6C14A97CF389F9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rota, Emilia;Schembri, Patrick J.;Omodeo, Pietro	Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J., Omodeo, Pietro (2017): Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae). Zootaxa 4311 (2): 287-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
