Lumbricus terrestris, the common European earthworm
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Clade:
Pleistoannelida
Clade:
Sedentaria
Class:
Clitellata
Order:
Opisthopora
Superfamily:
Lumbricoidea
Family:
Lumbricidae Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1815
Genera
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The Lumbricidae are a family of earthworms. About 33 lumbricid species have become naturalized around the world,[1] but the bulk of the species are in the Holarctic region: from Canada (e.g. Bimastos lawrenceae on Vancouver Island) and the United States (e.g. Eisenoides carolinensis, Eisenoides lonnbergi and most Bimastos spp.) and throughout Eurasia to Japan (e.g. Eisenia japonica, E. koreana and Helodrilus hachiojii). An enigmatic species in Tasmania is Eophila eti. Currently, 670 valid species and subspecies in about 42 genera are recognized.[2] This family includes the majority of earthworm species well known in Europe and Asia.
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The Lumbricidae are a family of earthworms. About 33 lumbricid species have become naturalized around the world, but the bulk of the species are in the...
fetida (Savigny, 1826) and Eisenia andrei Bouché, 1972 (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". Pedobiologia. 49...
four main families with large numbers of species are Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae and Moniligastridae. Earthworms are found in all parts...
microdriles ("small worms") in the semiaquatic families Tubificidae, Lumbricidae and Enchytraeidae. The megadriles are characterized by a distinct clitellum...
an important ecological and taxonomic group of Oriental species (cf. Lumbricidae from Eurasia; Moniligastridae from Indo-Asian region). Pheretima worms...
earthworm families, the typhlosole appears to have multiple origins. The Lumbricidae, for example, have a typhlosole which is an infolding of all layers of...
sequence in the earthworm, Octodrilus complanatus (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), revealed by single- and double-color FISH". The Journal of Heredity...
Dendrobaena is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Dendrobaena alpina (Rosa, 1884)...
they are not practical as an industrial source. Annelids in the family Lumbricidae, earthworms, possess a regionalization of the digestive track called...
Assessment of Commercial and Laboratory Stocks of Eisenia Spp. (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from South Africa". African Invertebrates. 54 (2): 499–511. doi:10.5733/afin...
(1955-10-01). "XCIV.—On the colour forms of Allolobophora chlorotica sav. (Lumbricidae)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (94): 795–800. doi:10...
There are currently eight known families. Eudrilidae Glossoscolecidae Lumbricidae Megascolecidae Moniligastridae Ocnerodrilidae Octochaetidae "Opisthopora...
Aporrectodea is a genus of earthworms in the family Lumbricidae. The genus includes some of the most common earthworms in the Palearctic realm and in...
1979). "Description and significance of a fossil earthworm (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) cocoon from postglacial sediments in southern Ontario". Canadian Journal...
Allolobophora is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae. The genus was first described by Eisen in 1874. Species: Allolobophora chlorotica...
Animalia Annelida Clitellata Haplotaxida Enchytraeidae Eukaryote Animalia Annelida Clitellata Haplotaxida Lumbricidae Eukaryote Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda...
(Collembola) on Surtsey, Iceland, in 1995 and first encounter of earthworms (lumbricidae) in 1993", Surtsey Research XI: 51–55, retrieved 8 July 2008 "The Surtsey...
Eiseniella is a genus of Lumbricidae. The genus was described in 1900 by W. Michaelsen. It has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Eiseniella neapolitana...
and groundwater. They should not be confused with the earthworm family Lumbricidae. Many species and genera are highly endemic, mainly in Siberia and the...
Satchellius is a genus of earthworms within the family Lumbricidae. Members of this genus are found in the European regions of the British Isles, the...
Oligochaeta and Hirudinea. The oligochaetes contain the tubificids (Naididae, Lumbricidae, and Lumbriculidae - commonly the tube worms and the earthworms. Hirudinea...
Eophila eti is a worm found in Tasmania a member of the Lumbricidae family. It is commonly called the mystery worm. The holotype specimen was found in...
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