ENCHYTRAEIDAE Vejdovský, 1879
(potworms, iceworms, whiteworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyENCHYTRAEIDAE (potworms, iceworms, whiteworm)
OrderENCHYTRAEIDA (an order of annelids)
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
Schmelz, R. & Collado, R. 2010 A guide to European terrestrial and freshwater species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) Soil Organisms Vol 82 (1): 1-176.

ENCHYTRAEIDAE (potworms, iceworms, whiteworm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ENCHYTRAEIDAE (potworms, iceworms, whiteworm)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ENCHYTRAEIDAE (potworms, iceworms, whiteworm)
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