CRASSICLITELLATA
(earthworms)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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LUMBRICIDAE
earthworms
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 90 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Sherlock, E. 2011 Key to the Earthworms of Britain and Ireland
() Sims, R.W. & Gerard, B.M. 1985 Earthworms Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 31, 171pp, The Linnean Society of London

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

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