Distribution of non-lumbricid earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Criodrilidae, Megascolecidae and Ocnerodrilidae) on the Balkans and Anatolia with first record of Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892) from Turkey Author Misirlioğlu, İbrahim Mete Author Stojanović, Mirjana text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-05 4496 1 197 205 journal article 29268 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.15 adc09fda-180a-4ae5-9140-4d1fd6dd6b91 1175-5326 1446759 DDB985D1-7421-4D99-870C-AB6A6BC36A76 Metaphire californica ( Kinberg, 1867 ) Pheretima californica Kinberg, 1867 : 102 Pheretima californica : Michaelsen 1900 : 258 Metaphire californica : Mısırlıoğlu 2007: 104 ; Blakemore 2003 : 242 . Habitat. Common in anthropized biotopes ( Blakemore 2003 ). Distribution in Anatolia . Antalya and Alanya (Mısırlıoğlu 2007). World distribution . It is probably indigenous to China ( Sun et al. 2015 ). But widely recorded in tropical and Mediterranean countries ( Sims & Gerard 1999 ; Blakemore 2008a ; Rota 2013b ). It has been recorded in East Nearctic region, Neotropical region, North Africa, Oriental region, Australia and in Europe ( Spain , Britain I., Azores ) ( Omodeo 1956 ; Sims & Gerard, 1999 ; Mısırlıoğlu 2007; Rota 2013b ).