Lumbricidae

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Lumbricidae
Lumbricus terrestris, the Common European Earthworm
Lumbricus terrestris, the Common European Earthworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Oligochaeta
Order: Haplotaxida
Family: Lumbricidae
Genera

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The Lumbricidae is a family of earthworms which includes most of the earthworm species well-known to Europeans. About 33 lumbricid species have become naturalized around the world [1], but the bulk of the species are in Holarctic: from Canada (e.g. Vancouver Island) and the United States and throughout Eurasia to Japan. There are 670 valid (sub-)species in about 42 recognized genera.[2]

[edit] Genera

  • Allolobophora
  • Allolobophoridella
  • Aporrectodea
  • Cernosvitovia
  • Dendrobaena
  • Dendrodrilus
  • Eisenia
  • Eiseniella
  • Eiseniona
  • Eophila
  • Ethnodrilus
  • Eumenescolex
  • Fitzingeria
  • Helodrilus
  • Iberoscolex
  • Kritodrilus
  • Lumbricus
  • Microeophila
  • Murchieona
  • Norealidys
  • Octodriloides
  • Octodrilus
  • Octolasion
  • Orodrilus
  • Perelia
  • Postandrilus
  • Proctodrilus
  • Prosellodrilus
  • Satchellius
  • Scherotheca

[edit] References

  1. ^ Contents of "Cosmopolitan Earthworms" 1st and 2nd Editions, Blakemore (2002, 2006). VermEcology (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  2. ^ A Series of Searchable Texts on Earthworm Biodiversity, Ecology and Systematics from Various Regions of the World. YNU, COE Chapter 10: A list of valid, invalid and synonymous names of Criodriloidea and Lumbricoidea (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Criodrilidae, Sparganophilidae, Ailoscolecidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae, Lutodrilidae) (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
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