During the period from December of 2002 to March of 2003, investigations into soil animals living in three different kinds
of habitats are conducted in Xuhui district in Shanghai. 3836 soil animals are collected, which belong to 27 genera. The quantity and genera of soil animals in greenery patches is higher than that of farmland and deserted field. The dominant genera in farmland are
collembola and oligchaeta. Nematoda, diptera(L), acarina and collembola are the dominant genara in deserted field, and in the greenery patches, enchytraeidae, collembola are dominant. The Simpon dominant indexes of greenery patches and farmland both are higher than those of deserted field except in December, which are contrary to Pielou evenness indexes, but the rules of shannonn-wiener diversity indexes are not obvious. The number and genera of soil animals in three habitats are up to the most in October, but decrease gradually in the following months till March of the next year in greenery patches and deserted field, and January in farmland. A large part of animals centralizes in layerⅠ, and the difference of the distribution of soil animals between layer Ⅱ and layer Ⅲ is not obvious.