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Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Müller, O.F. (1774) Vermium terrestrium et fluviat

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Lumbriculida
family
Lumbriculidae
genus
Lumbriculus
species
Lumbriculus variegatus

Name

Synonyms
Lumbriculus kareliensis Popčhenko, 1976
Lumbriculus limosus Leidy, 1850
Lumbriculus variegatus typica Cook, 1966
Lumbricus variegatus Müller, 1774
Lumbricus variegatus variegatus
Nais variegata Schweigger, 1820
Saenuris variegata Hoffmeister, 1843
Homonyms
Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774)
Common names
California blackworm in English
Glanzwurm in German
aquatic oligochaete worm in English
blackworm in English
California blackworm in English
Glanzwurm in German
blackworm in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  2. Brinkhurst, R.O. & Jamieson, B.G.M. (1971)
  3. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>African Zoology.</em> 2(2): 131-166.
  4. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971)
  5. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971). The aquatic Oligochaeta known from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers Dep Zool Univ Queensland.</em> 3(8): 99-128.
  6. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. <em>Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci.</em> 84.
  7. Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Mark J. Wetzel, 1984: Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World: Supplement. A catalog of new freshwater species, descriptions, and revisions. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences no. 44. v + 101.
  8. Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 16: 217-291, plates 1-4.
  9. Cook, David G. / Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Barrie G. M. Jamieson, eds., 1971: Chapter 5: Family Lumbriculidae. Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World. 200-285.
  10. Dieffenbach, O. (1886). Anatomische und systematische studien an Oligochaetae limicolae. I. Zur Anatomie von Lumbriculus variegatus; II. Zur Anatomie der Tubificiden; III. Systematische bemerkungen über Tubificiden; IV. Beobachtungen an Nais elinguis und lurida; V. Eine neue Pachydrilus art. <em>Bericht der Oberhessischen Gesellschaft für Natur- und Heilkunde.</em> 24: 65-108.
  11. Eisen, G. (1872). Om nagra arktiska Oligochaeter. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 29(1): 119-124 + Plate 2.
  12. Eisen, G.A. (1879). On the Oligochaeta collected during the swedish expeditions to the arctic regions in the years 1870, 1875 and 1876. <em>Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar.</em> 15(7): 1-49.
  13. Ferronnière, G. (1899). IIIe Contribution a l'Etude de la Faune de la Loire-Inferieure (Annelida oligochetes). <em>Bull. Soc. sc. nat. Ouest.</em> T. 9. fasc. III: p229-295 + 2 plates.
  14. Friend, H. (1912). Some Annelids of the Thames Valley. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 32(213): 95-106.
  15. Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  16. Grube, E. (1844). Über den Lumbricus variegatus Müller's und ihm verwandte Anneliden. <em>Arch. Naturgesch.</em> 10: 198-216.
  17. Gustafsson, D. R.; Price, D. A.; Erséus, C. (2009). Genetic variation in the popular lab worm Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) reveals cryptic speciation. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 51(2): 182-189. 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.016
  18. Hesse, R. (1894). Die Geslechtsorgane von Lumbriculus variegatus Grube. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 58: 355-363 + Plate XXII.
  19. Hrabĕ, S. (1939). Vodni Oligochaeta z Vysokych Tater. <em>Věst. Česk. Zool. Spol.</em> 6-7: 209-236.
  20. Hrabě, S. (1935). Oligohety ozera Issyk-Kul. [Die Oligochaeten des Issykkulsees]. [The oligochaetes of Lake Issyk-Kul]. <em>Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Kirgizskoj kompleksnoj expedicii.</em> 3: 73–85.
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