Abstract

Out of 76 earthworm species recorded in Turkey, 70 species belong to family Lumbricidae, three species to family Megascolecidae (Amynthas corticis (Kinberg, 1867), A. gracilis (Kinberg, 1867), and Metaphire californica (Kinberg, 1867)), two species to family Acanthodrilidae (Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837) and M. dubius (Fletcher, 1886)) and Criodrilus lacuum Hoffmeister, 1845 to the family Criodrilidae. The presence and distribution in Turkey of these species is described.

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