Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843
(Red Worm or Redhead)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLumbricus rubellus (Red Worm or Redhead)
GenusLumbricus (a genus of earthworms)
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)
Records of Lumbricus rubellus (Red Worm or Redhead) :
1: Lumbricus rubellus (Red Worm or Redhead)
23 Apr 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
dug up in garden
Image 1: Contracted - close-upImage 2: Contracted - close-up (2)Image 3: Contracted - close-up (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - white backgroundImage 5: Extended - close-upImage 6: Semi-extended - close-upImage 7: Semi-extended - close-up (2)Image 8: Semi-extended - close-up (3)Image 9: Semi-extended - close-up (4)Image 10: Semi-extended - close-up (5)Image 11: Semi-extended - close-up (6)Image 12: Ventral view - white backgroundImage 13: Anterior end - lateral view - enlargedImage 14: Anterior end - ventral view - enlargedImage 15: Anterior end - ventral view - segments numbered - enlargedImage 16: Clitellum - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 17: Clitellum - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 18: Head - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 19: Head - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 20: Tubercula pubertatis (TP) - latero-ventral view - highly enlarged

Lumbricus rubellus (Red Worm or Redhead) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lumbricus rubellus (Red Worm or Redhead)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lumbricus rubellus (Red Worm or Redhead)
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