---
title: "Compost Worm"
description: "Dendrobaena veneta — Weitere Tiere. Dendrobaena is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/compost-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Compost Worm

> Dendrobaena veneta — Weitere Tiere. Dendrobaena is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae.

- Scientific name: *Dendrobaena veneta*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 218
- Wikidata: [Q5146662](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5146662)
- iNaturalist taxon: [484184](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/484184)

## Names

- en: Compost Worm
- nl: Grote spartelworm

## Countries with the most observations

GB (53), US (49), PT (8), AT (6), PL (5), AU (3), DE (3), ES (3), IE (3), RU (3), UA (3)

## Summary

Dendrobaena is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobaena

## Photo

![Compost Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/compost-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Baumgartner · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339578954

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/compost-worm?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).