Status LU: present
		Status Eur.: established.
		RA: ISEIA: n/a. Harmonia+: n/a.
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Report the species

→ Report Branchiura sowerbyi to the National Museum of Natural History.

Brief description

Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard, 1892 is a cosmopolite freshwater oligochaete. It is widespread in Europe and North America and also known in Asia, South America, Australia and South Africa. Its earliest records come from South East Asia and botanical gardens in Europe. Distribution patterns led to the conclusion that the species originated from the Sino-Indian region and was spread elsewhere by human activity. Fauna Europaea reports the species from 22 countries throughout Europe where it usually occurs in shallow, very warm stagnant or slowly flowing waters (Grabowski, M. & A. Jabłońska, 2009).

Status and distribution in Luxembourg

The species was identified in 2025 during surveys conducted by German authorities in the German-Luxembourg border waters.

Risk assessment

ISEIA protocol

no assessed yet

Harmonia+ protocol

no assessed yet

Worldwide distribution

GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/taxon/N6WK

Bibliography

• Grabowski, M. & A. Jabłońska, 2009. First records of Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard, 1892 (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) in Greece, Aquatic Invasions (2009) Volume 4, Issue 2: 365-367.