Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774)
(a freshwater worm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lumbriculus variegatus (a freshwater worm)
Family	LUMBRICULIDAE (freshwater worms)
Order	LUMBRICULIDA (freshwater worms)
Subclass	OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms)
Class	CLITELLATA (a class of annelids)
Phylum	ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
Superphylum	LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Records of Lumbriculus variegatus (a freshwater worm) :
1: Lumbriculus variegatus (a freshwater worm)
12 May 2013	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
poking out of mud at side of semi-permanent muddy puddle
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2: Lumbriculus variegatus (a freshwater worm)
7 May 2013	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in muddy puddle

3: Lumbriculus variegatus (a freshwater worm)
7 Oct 2011	OSGR: SO49	52° 30’ N, 2° 50’ W	Vice County: Shrops (VC 40)	England
in bog pool with dead leaves

Lumbriculus variegatus (a freshwater worm) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

OLIGOCHAETA
(earth worms and freshwater worms)

ANNELIDA
(segmented worms and leeches)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN

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