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Lumbricus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 974504

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SuperorderMetagynophora   
                      OrderOpisthopora   
                         SuborderCrassiclitellata   
                            SuperfamilyLumbricoidea   
                               FamilyLumbricidae   
                                  GenusLumbricus Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Lumbricus badensis Michaelsen, 1907  
                                     Species Lumbricus baicalensis Michaelsen, 1900  
                                     Species Lumbricus castaneus (Savigny, 1826) – chestnut worm 
                                     Species Lumbricus centralis Bouché, 1972  
                                     Species Lumbricus festivus (Savigny, 1826) – Quebec worm 
                                     Species Lumbricus friendi Cognetti, 1904  
                                     Species Lumbricus herculeus (Savigny, 1826)  
                                     Species Lumbricus improvisus Zicsi, 1963  
                                     Species Lumbricus klarae Zicsi & Csuzdi, 1999  
                                     Species Lumbricus meliboeus Rosa, 1884  
                                     Species Lumbricus polyphemus Fitzinger, 1833  
                                     Species Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843 – red marshworms 
                                     Species Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 – nightcrawler, dew worm 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Samuel W. James  
  Notes: null   
  Reference for: Lumbricus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Blakemore database, 2011 - 2012, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Blakemore, R.J. Cosmopolitan, Earthworms - an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World, second ed. (CD-ROM) VermEcology, Japan, 2006   
  Reference for: Lumbricus   
       
  Source: Earthworm species, a searchable database, database (version 2012)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Csuzdi, Cs. (2012) Earthworm species, a searchable database, derived from Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest, 43(1): 97-99. Available online at http://earthworm.uw.hu/   
  Reference for: Lumbricus   
       
  Source: Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog, 2011 - 2012, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Biology Catalog, taxonomic information system at Texas A&M University, available at http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Annelida/Family/0AnnelidaIndex0.htm   
  Reference for: Lumbricus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reynolds, J. W., and D. G. Cook  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatura oligochaetologica. Supplementum tertium. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: New Brunswick Museum Monographic Series (Natural Science), no. 9   
  Page(s): vi + 33   
  Publisher: University of New Brunswick   
  Publication Place: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada   
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