Earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae) of the coastal region of Gamba, Ogooué-Maritime Province, southwestern Gabon Author James, Samuel W. USA. E-mail: samuel-james @ uiowa. edu Author Divina, Gildas Brice Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Gabon Biodiversity Program, Smithsonian Institution, S / C Shell Gabon, BP 48, Gamba, Gabon text Zootaxa 2012 2012-09-07 3458 133 148 journal article 1175-5326 FB69F987-9B8A-495A-890C-2132087E345B Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857) Material . USNM 1180258 , clitellates, moister areas within 50 meters of road leading to beach, Gamba Complex , Gabon , 2.8087°S , 10.0463°E , 2 m asl ., 17 May 2008 ; S. James , G. Divina , G. Moussavou and L. Tchignoumba , colls . USNM 1142298 , clitellates, banks and riparian area of small stream inland near large antenna, Gamba Complex , Gabon , 2.84873°S , 10.23569°E , 22 m asl ., 16 May 2008 ; S. James , G. Divina , G. Moussavou and L. Tchignoumba , colls . USNM 1180256 , clitellate, Vembo , Gamba Complex , Gabon gardens around lab buildings at 2.74746S , 9.99633E , 10 m asl ., 18 and 20 May 2008 ; S. James , G. Divina , G. Moussavou and L. Tchignoumba , colls . This pantropical invasive species was generally found in areas subject to more intensive human influence. The Ivinga site is not near any buildings but is near a road and a petroleum pipeline. The specimens collected near the road to the beach may have been introduced with the laterite road bed material that had been trucked in to make a stable road across the nearly pure sand prevailing in the coastal areas.