Bed-jacket vs Mudworm

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Aporrectodea limicola

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Mudworm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Mudworm
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Annelida (Segmented Worms)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Clitellata (Clitellata)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Crassiclitellata (Crassiclitellata)
Family	Sapindaceae	Lumbricidae
Genus	Alectryon	Aporrectodea
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Aporrectodea limicola

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Mudworm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Mudworm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Mudworm

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.