Lumbricidae

species of annelid worm

The Lumbricidae are a family of earthworms. About 33 lumbricid species have become naturalized around the world, but the bulk of the species are in the Holarctic region, from Canada (e.g. Bimastos lawrenceae on Vancouver Island) and the United States (e.g. Eisenoides carolinensis, E. lonnbergi, and most Bimastos spp.) and throughout Eurasia to Japan (e.g. Eisenia japonica, E. koreana, and Helodrilus hachiojii). An enigmatic species in Tasmania is Eophila eti. Currently, 670 valid species and subspecies in about 42 genera are recognized. This family includes the majority of earthworm species we

species of annelid

The genus Lumbricus contains some of the most commonly seen earthworms in Europe among its nearly 700 valid species.

species of annelid

genus of annelids

species of annelid

species of annelid

species of annelid

species of annelid

Aporrectodea is a genus of earthworms in the family Lumbricidae. The genus includes some of the most common earthworms in the Palearctic realm and in agricultural soils across the temperate regions of the world.

Allolobophora is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae.

Octolasion is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae.

species of annelid

species of annelid

Bimastos is a genus of lumbricid worm thought to be native to North America but has since been introduced to every continent apart from Antarctica. Recent molecular analysis has subsumed Dendrodrilus and Allolobophoridella under this genus. The clade holding Bimastos and Eisenoides seems to have diverged from Eurasian lumbricid Eisenia during the Late Cretaceous, approximately 69.2–76.1 million years ago. This, along with the discovery of an earthworm cocoon attributed to B. rubidus from lake sediment dated over 7,000 years old in Ontario, Canada contradicts the widely held notion that Bimasto

Dendrobaena is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Lumbricidae.

Satchellius is a genus of earthworms within the family Lumbricidae. Members of this genus are found in the European regions of the British Isles, the northern coast of Western Europe, and Scandinavia.

species of annelid

Eiseniella is a genus of worms in the Lumbricidae. The genus was described in 1900 by W. Michaelsen. It has cosmopolitan distribution. Two species are described: E. neapolitana E. tetraedra