Allolobophora chlorotica
(Savigny, 1826) · speciesAt a glance
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Allolobophora chlorotica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 366 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI183 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 059 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Allolobophora chlorotica, commonly known as the green worm,NatureSpot: Green Worm - Allolobophora chlorotica is a species of earthworm that feeds and lives in soil. This species stands out from other earthworms due to the presence of three pairs of sucker-like discs on the underside of the clitellum. An examination of A. chlorotica specimens from many parts of the British Isles suggests that there are two forms of this species, one with green pigment in the body wall, and one which lacks this pigment, making it pink.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Allolobophora chlorotica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Allolobophora chlorotica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 321×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard periods (Jurassic, Cretaceous…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. The dashed rules marked ✦ are the five great mass extinctions. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type6 366 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions11 of 32 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Stockholm, SE | 128 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 76 |
| Helsinki, FI | 46 |
| Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitzlocation not on record | 42 |
| Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)location not on record | 39 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 35 |
| Universtite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 33 |
| South Kensington, GB | 26 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 16 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 13 |
| Universite Paris, Biogeochimie et ecologie des milieux continentauxlocation not on record | 10 |
| CEFElocation not on record | 9 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universite Montpellier 3location not on record | 8 |
| Saint John, CA | 7 |
| T, MNHN, BOLDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Washington, US | 5 |
| Barcelona, ES | 4 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 4 |
| Durango, MX | 3 |
| University of Central Lancashire, School of Built and Natural Environmentlocation not on record | 3 |
| Hannam Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Tartu, EE | 2 |
| Universite Montpellier, CEFE Lablocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| T, BOLDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Rouen, ECODIV Laboratorylocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Allolobophora chlorotica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.