Gomera earthworm fauna (Canary Islands)

Figures & data

Figure 1. Position of the Canary Islands and map of Gomera showing the collecting sites.A, basal belt. B, montane zone.

Table I. Checklist and distribution of Gomera earthworms: BG = banana groves; EC = Euphorbia communities; LF = laurel forest; ME = Myrica–Erica; PF = pine forest.

Species	No. of specimens					No. of localities Distribution
	BG	EC	LF	ME	PF
Lumbricids
A. caliginosa	–	–	47	9	–	31,33,37,38,40,47,51,52,54
A. chlorotica	7	8	41	19	5	3,10,11,12,16,17,21,24,29,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,45,47,48,49,51,56,57,58,59,60,61
A. rosea rosea	–	16	14	5	–	17,23,34,38,40,41,51
A. r.bimastoides	13	12	–	1	–	4,5,6,26,31,32,48
A. trapezoides	20	26	5	22	2	5,8,9,11,17,20,29,30,31,32,33,34,40,45,48,51,60,61
D. hortensis	11	–	–	–	–	5,11
D. cognettii	–	–	11	–	–	37,51
D. rubidus	23	7	21	5	7	1,5,7,14,19,20,23,29,32,37,40,49,44,46,48,51,52,55,56,57
E. andrei	–	–	33	5	–	38,39,41,48,50,57
E. eiseni	–	7	50	6	7	13,35,36,37,38,40,41,43,44,46,47,49,51,52,53,54,55,57
E. fetida	4	–	–	–	–	11,23
E. tetraedra	7	11	37	21	3	2,4,8,17,21,29,31,32,34,37 38,39,45,48,51,55,57,61,62
L. rubellus	–	–	56	–	–	37,38,39,40,47,54,58
M. minuscula	–	2	–	–	–	25
O. complanatus	–	–	2	–	–	37
O. lacteum	–	9	64	6	3	14,18,24,29,34,37,38,39,41,42,47,48,49,51,53,54,55,56,57,58
Acanthodrilids
M. dubius	2	–	9	–	–	11,37,39,40,47,51
M. phosphoreus	11	–	–	–	–	2,26,27
P. litoralis	–	–	–	–	–	1 (supralittoral zone)
Megascolecids
A. corticis	3	–	–	–	–	2
A. gracilis	8	–	–	–	–	19
A. morrisi	21	–	–	8	–	22,24,27,50
A. rodericensis	9	–	–	–	–	20,21
M. californica	45	–	–	–	–	2,5,16,24
P. bicincta	17	–	–	–	–	1,5,11
Ocnerodrilids
O. occidentalis	9	12	–	28	–	1,3,4,7,8,9,20,30,31,45,61
Octochaetids
D. affinis	1	–	–	–	–	5