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Lumbricidae Rafinesque, 1815

154884  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154884)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Oligochaeta (Subclass)
  6. Crassiclitellata (Order)
  7. Lumbricina (Suborder)
  8. Lumbricidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Allolobophora Eisen, 1874
  2. Genus Alpodinaridella Mršić, 1987
  3. Genus Aporrectodea Orley, 1885
  4. Genus Bimastos Moore, 1893
  5. Genus Cataladrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  6. Genus Cernosvitovia Omodeo, 1956
  7. Genus Coventina Marchán, Szederjesi & Csuzdi In Szederjesi, Marchán, Csuzdi, Sarbu, Pavlíček, Krízsik, Martin & Domínguez, 2022
  8. Genus Creinella Mršić, 1986
  9. Genus Dendrobaena Eisen, 1874
  10. Genus Eisenia Malm, 1877
  11. Genus Eiseniella Michaelsen, 1900
  12. Genus Eiseniona Omodeo, 1956
  13. Genus Eophila Rosa, 1893
  14. Genus Ethnodrilus Bouché, 1972
  15. Genus Eumenescolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  16. Genus Fitzingeria Zicsi, 1978
  17. Genus Flabellodrilus Gérard, Decaëns & Marchán in Gérard, Marchán, Navarro, Hedde, Decaëns, 2023
  18. Genus Gatesona Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  19. Genus Healyella Omodeo & Rota, 1989
  20. Genus Helodrilus Hoffmeister, 1845
  21. Genus Heraclescolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  22. Genus Iberoscolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  23. Genus Imetescolex Szederjesi, Marchán & Csuzdi In Szederjesi, Marchán, Csuzdi, Sarbu, Pavlíček, Krízsik, Martin & Domínguez, 2022
  24. Genus Italobalkaniona Mršić & Šapkarev, 1988
  25. Genus Kenleenus Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  26. Genus Kritodrilus Dumnicka, 1983
  27. Genus Lumbricus Linnaeus, 1758
  28. Genus Meroandriella Mršić, 1987
  29. Genus Murchieona Gates, 1978
  30. Genus Octodriloides Zicsi, 1986
  31. Genus Octodrilus Omodeo, 1956
  32. Genus Octolasion Örley, 1885
  33. Genus Omilurus Templeton, 1836
  34. Genus Orodrilus Bouché, 1972
  35. Genus Perelia Easton, 1983
  36. Genus Philomontanus Bozorgi, Seiedy, Malek, Aira, Pérez-Losada & Domínguez, 2019
  37. Genus Pietromodeona Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  38. Genus Postandrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  39. Genus Proctodrilus Zicsi, 1985
  40. Genus Prosellodrilus Bouché, 1972
  41. Genus Reynoldsia Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  42. Genus Satchellius Gates, 1975
  43. Genus Scherotheca Bouché, 1972
  44. Genus Spermophorodrilus Bouché, 1975
  45. Genus Zophoscolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998
  46. Genus Allolobophoridella Mrsic, 1990 accepted as Bimastos Moore, 1893 (subjective synonym)
  47. Genus Allurus Eisen, 1874 accepted as Eiseniella Michaelsen, 1900
  48. Genus Bimastus [auct. misspelling for 'Bimastos'] accepted as Bimastos Moore, 1893 (misspelling)
  49. Genus Dendrodrilus Omodeo, 1956 accepted as Bimastos Moore, 1893 (subjective synonym)
  50. Genus Echinodrilus Vaillant, 1868 accepted as Mesenchytraeus Eisen, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Genus Enterion Savigny, 1822 accepted as Lumbricus Linnaeus, 1758 (superfluous replacement name for Lumbricus)
  52. Genus Hypogeon [misspelling for 'Hypogaeon'] accepted as Hypogaeon Savigny, 1822 (lapsus by Kinberg for intended Hypogaeon Savigny)
  53. Genus Koinodrilus Qiu & Bouché, 1998 accepted as Aporrectodea Orley, 1885
  54. Genus Nicodrilus Bouché, 1972 accepted as Aporrectodea Orley, 1885
  55. Genus Octolasium Michaelsen, 1900 accepted as Octolasion Örley, 1885 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, Deliberate changed spelling by Michaelsen from original Octolasion)
  56. Genus Tetragonurus Eisen, 1874 accepted as Eiseniella Michaelsen, 1900 (preoccupied bij Tetragonurus Risso, 1810, a fish)
  57. Genus Karpatodinariona Mršić & Šapkarev, 1988 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 135; note: usage as subfamily Lumbricinia of his family Chetopodia [details] OpenAccess publication
WoRMS (2025). Lumbricidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154884 on 2025-05-15
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2005-04-20 12:27:09Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2005-07-20 07:05:12Z
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Timm, Tarmo
2010-05-11 06:10:54Z
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Timm, Tarmo
2017-06-08 11:21:16Z
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van Haaren, Ton
2019-01-24 07:07:18Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 135; note: usage as subfamily Lumbricinia of his family Chetopodia [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Easton, E. G. (1983). A guide to the valid names of Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta). <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapter 41, p.475-487 In Satchell, J. E. (editor) "Earthworm ecology from Darwin to Vermiculture, 495 pp, Chapman and Hall, London/New York.
note: Checklist of Lumbricidae, with Perelia as a replacement name for Allolobophora (Svetlovia) of Perel, 1976, and Allolobophora sapkarevi as a replacement name for A. zicsii of Sapkarev, 1975 [details] 

taxonomy source ICZN. (1978). Opinion 1102. Completion of entry on official list of generic names in zoology relating to Lumbricus Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta) (Name no. 213). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 34 (4): 213–217., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12226489 [details] 

taxonomy source Van Haaren, T.; Martin, P.; Dubois, A. (2021). Authorship and date of five family-series nomina in Oligochaeta (Annelida): Lumbricidae, Naididae, Enchytraeidae, Tubificidae and Lumbriculidae. <em>Bionomina.</em> 21(1): 140-145., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/bn/article/view/bionomina.21.1.10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Rosa, D. (1893). Revisione dei Lumbricide. <em>Memorie della Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino.</em> Ser. 2:43(1):399-476 + 2 tables., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43210922 [details] OpenAccess publication

Identification resource

identification resource Reynolds, J. W. (1977). The earthworms (Lumbricidae and Sparganophilidae) of Ontario. (Royal Ontario Museum life sciences miscellaneous publication). Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39984696
note: key, glossary, diagrams for Lumbricidae earthworms of Ontario Canada [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details] 

additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 31: 1-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16207584
page(s): 8; note: early full definition of Lumbricidae, but using the vernacular Lombricidées [details] 

additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 540; note: as Famille des Lombricins [details] 

additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 687 [details] 

additional source Claus, C. (1876). Grundzüge der Zoologie. (Third edition) [Principles of Zoology]. <em>N.G. Elwertsche Verlagsuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig.</em> 1-1254. (vol.1. incl. Annelides p.394-421, Copepoda p.465-480, vol.2 Mollusca),., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11954#/summary
page(s): 416 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Latif, Robabeh; Malek, Masoumeh; Aminjan, Atabak Roohi; Pasantes, Juan José; Briones, Maria J. I.; Csuzdi, Csaba. (2020). Integrative taxonomy of some Iranian peregrine earthworm species using morphology and barcoding (Annelida: Megadrili). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4877(1): 163-173., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4877.1.7 [details] 

 
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Authority On simple priority Rafinesque (1815) is the earliest to use a name close enough to Lumbricidae. On his page 135 is a higher classification “S. F. Lumbricinia”, which is a subfamily of his family Chetopodia and which includes the genus Lumbricus. The author of a subfamily is the author of the family if later raised to that rank. Rafinesque didn’t use -inae, but -inia is close enough, considering he labelled it as a subfamily. There is no ‘description’ but the subfamily is effectively defined by the genera he lists (an amazing variety of others besides Lumbricus, & including Linnaeus’s imaginary Furia, also the Echiuran Thalassema). Rafinesque is notoriously bad as a taxonomist, but he created many early names which have unfortunate priority over those used more logically by better taxonomists later, regardless of how poorly Rafinesque defined them. Other authors such as Claus 1876 and D’Udekem, 1859 have been claimed as authors of family Lumbricidae, and the work of D'Udekem (1859) in particular is vastly superior in value to that of Rafinesque. However, in his classification of annelids with abranchiate chaetigers he only used the French vernacular, Lombricidées, rather than the Latin form, Lumbricidae, which thus weakens the claim he first authored 'Lumbricidae', although he has a full definition on his page 8. The textbook of Claus (1876: 416) might be the first actual use of a Latinised Lumbricidae with a formal definition (rather than a casual mention). [details]
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Dutch regenwormen  [details]
English earthworms  [details]
German RegenwürmerRegenwurmer  [details]
Swedish daggmaskar  [details]
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