LUMBRICIDAE
(earthworms)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Aporrectodea
a genus of earthworms
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 30 images
Dendrobaena
a genus of earthworms
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Lumbricus
a genus of earthworms
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 48 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)
OrderCRASSICLITELLATA (earthworms)
SubclassOLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms)
ClassCLITELLATA (a class of annelids)
PhylumANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press

LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 25 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)
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