Species Detail - Chestnut Worm (Lumbricus castaneus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Earthworms of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Lumbricus castaneus
Chestnut Worm
NBNSYS0000022353 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
lucas
(Savigny, 1826)
annelid
Species
162
103
54
01/01/1893
12/03/2011
13 January (recorded in 1893)
18 December (recorded in 1977)
Brown, K. D. & Keith, A. M. Earthworm Society of Britain & National Biodiversity Data Centre, Earthworms of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Chestnut Worm (Lumbricus castaneus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/215/Species/7033>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)