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Eisenia  Malm, 1877
Taxonomic Serial No.: 974409

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  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: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SuperorderMetagynophora   
                      OrderOpisthopora   
                         SuborderCrassiclitellata   
                            SuperfamilyLumbricoidea   
                               FamilyLumbricidae   
                                  GenusEisenia Malm, 1877  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesEisenia altaica Perel, 1968  
                                     SpeciesEisenia andrei Bouché, 1972  
                                     SpeciesEisenia angusta Perel, 1994  
                                     SpeciesEisenia atlavinyteae Perel, 1984  
                                     SpeciesEisenia balatonica (Pop, 1943)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia budensis Szûts, 1909  
                                     SpeciesEisenia colchidica (Perel, 1967)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia djungarica (Perel, 1969)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) – red wiggler, manure worm, soilution worm, brandling worm, English redworm 
                                     SpeciesEisenia gordejeffi (Michaelsen, 1899)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia intermedia (Michaelsen, 1901)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia iverica (Kvavadze, 1973)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia japonica (Michaelsen, 1891)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia jenensis Fueller, 1953  
                                     SpeciesEisenia kafaniensis Kvavadze, 1985  
                                     SpeciesEisenia kucenkoi Michaelsen, 1902  
                                     SpeciesEisenia lucens (Waga, 1857)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia magnifica (Svetlov, 1957)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia malevici Perel, 1962  
                                     SpeciesEisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia nana Perel, 1985  
                                     SpeciesEisenia nordenskioldii (Eisen, 1878)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia salairica Perel, 1968  
                                     SpeciesEisenia sibirica Perel & Graphodatsky, 1984  
                                     SpeciesEisenia spelaea (Rosa, 1901)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia thamarae Kvavadze & Nikolashvili, 1983  
                                     SpeciesEisenia tracta Perel, 1985  
                                     SpeciesEisenia transcaucasica (Perel, 1967)  
                                     SpeciesEisenia uralensis Malevics, 1950  
                                     SpeciesEisenia ventripapillata Perel, 1985  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Samuel W. James   
  Notes: null   
  Reference for: Eisenia    
       
  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: Eisenia   
       
  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: Eisenia   
       
  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: Eisenia   
       
  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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  Reference for: Eisenia   
       

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