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The European nightcrawler (Dendrobaena hortensis) is a medium-small earthworm averaging about 1.5 g when fully grown. Generally blueish, pink-grey in color with a banded or striped appearance, the tips of their tails are often cream or pale yellow. When the species has not been feeding, it is pale pink.
Eudrilus eugeniae, also called the "African nightcrawler", is an earthworm species native to tropical west Africa and now widespread in warm regions under vermicompost; it is an excellent source of protein and has great pharmaceutical potential.
Nightcrawler, any large earthworm, especially those favored in angling Lumbricus terrestris, a globally-distributed species of earthworm, known in North America as nightcrawler or Canadian nightcrawler; Eudrilus eugeniae, the African night crawler, native to tropical West Africa; European nightcrawler, Eisenia hortensis
In the tropics, the African nightcrawler Eudrilus eugeniae [70] and the Indian blue Perionyx excavatus are used. Earthworms are sold all over the world; the market is sizable. According to Doug Collicutt, "In 1980, 370 million worms were exported from Canada, with a Canadian export value of $13 million and an American retail value of $54 million."
The Eudrilidae are a family of earthworms, mostly of Africa. One species, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867), is widely distributed around the warmer parts of the world and historically cultured as the "African nightcrawler". [1] [2] The male pores of eudrilids are in segment 17, as is also typical of Ocnerodrilidae.
Lumbricus terrestris is a large, reddish worm species thought to be native to Western Europe, now widely distributed around the world (along with several other lumbricids). In some areas where it is an introduced species, some people consider it to be a significant pest for out-competing native worms. [1]