What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Grey Worm been recorded?

Aporrectodea caliginosa occurrence evidence comes from 2,447 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1894 to 2026. Most records come from Ukraine.

ClitellataCrassiclitellataLumbricidaeAporrectodea

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,447 records across 28 countries and territories, 1894–2026.

Aporrectodea caliginosa · GBIF taxon key 2307759

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18942026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Grey Worm has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Grey Worm. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Ukraine 2,010
Austria 166
Belarus 64
Sweden 45
France 37
United Kingdom 27
United States 20
Spain 18
Canada 12
Denmark 7
Finland 5
Greece 5
Germany 4
Italy 4
Australia 3
Czechia 3
Jersey 3
Bulgaria 2
Brazil 2
North Macedonia 2
Albania 1
Belgium 1
India 1
Luxembourg 1
Mexico 1
Poland 1
Russia 1
Uruguay 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.