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Lumbricidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 69165

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SuperorderMetagynophora   
                      OrderOpisthopora   
                         SuborderCrassiclitellata   
                            SuperfamilyLumbricoidea   
                               FamilyLumbricidae   
    Direct Children:  
                                  GenusAllolobophora Eisen, 1873  
                                  GenusAllolobophoridella Mrsic, 1991  
                                  GenusAporrectodea Örley, 1885  
                                  GenusAvelona Qiu & Bouché, 2000  
                                  GenusBimastos Moore, 1893  
                                  GenusCataladrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998  
                                  GenusCernosvitovia Omodeo, 1956  
                                  GenusDendrobaena Eisen, 1873  
                                  GenusDendrodriloides Kvavadze, 2000  
                                  GenusDendrodrilus Omodeo, 1956  
                                  GenusDiporodrilus Bouché, 1970  
                                  GenusEisenia Malm, 1877  
                                  GenusEiseniella Michaelsen, 1900  
                                  GenusEisenoides Gates, 1969  
                                  GenusEophila Rosa, 1893  
                                  GenusEthnodrilus Bouché, 1972  
                                  GenusEumenoscolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998  
                                  GenusFitzingeria Zicsi, 1978  
                                  GenusGatesona Qiu & Bouché, 1998  
                                  GenusHealyella Omodeo & Rota, 1989  
                                  GenusHelodrilus Hoffmeister, 1845  
                                  GenusIberoscolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998  
                                  GenusItalobalkaniona Mrsic & Sapkarev, 1988  
                                  GenusKritodrilus Bouché, 1972  
                                  GenusLumbricus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  GenusMurchieona Gates, 1978  
                                  GenusOctodriloides Zicsi, 1986  
                                  GenusOctodrilus Omodeo, 1956  
                                  GenusOctolasion Örley, 1885  
                                  GenusOrodrilus Bouche, 1972  
                                  GenusPerelia Easton, 1983  
                                  GenusPostandrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998  
                                  GenusProctodrilus Zicsi, 1985  
                                  GenusProsellodrilus Bouché, 1972  
                                  GenusRiphaeodrilus Csuzdi & Pavlicek, 2005  
                                  GenusSatchellius Gates, 1975  
                                  GenusScherotheca Bouché, 1972  
                                  GenusSpermophorodrilus Bouché, 1975  
                                  GenusZophoscolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John W. Reynolds   
  Notes: Oligochaetology Laboratory, 18 Broadview Court, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2A 2X8   
  Reference for: Lumbricidae    
       
  Expert: Mark J. Wetzel   
  Notes: Oligochaetologist and Curator/Collections Manager of the INHS Annelida Collection, Illinois Natural History Survey, Forbes Natural History Building, MC-652, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61801 USA   
  Reference for: Lumbricidae    
       
  Expert: Samuel W. James   
  Notes: null   
  Reference for: Lumbricidae    
       
  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: Lumbricidae   
       
  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: Lumbricidae   
       
  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: Lumbricidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lumbricidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): James, Samuel W., and Seana K. Davidson   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of earthworms (Annelida : Crassiclitellata) based on 28S, 18S and 16S gene sequences   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrate Systematics, vol. 26, no. 2   
  Page(s): 213-229   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1445-5226   
  Notes: DOI: 10.1071/IS11012   
  Reference for: Lumbricidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Reynolds, John Warren, and Mark Julian Wetzel   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America north of Mexico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Megadrilogica, vol. 9, no. 11   
  Page(s): 71-98   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0380-9633   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lumbricidae   
       

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