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Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Crassiclitellata
family
Lumbricidae
genus
Lumbricus
species
Lumbricus terrestris

Name

Synonyms
Lumbricus agricola Hoffmeister, 1843
Homonyms
Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Gewöhnlicher Regenwurm in German
Stor regnorm in Danish
dew worm in English
dilly worm in language.
green crawler in language.
large crawler in language.
night crawler in language.
nightcrawler in English
nitro crawler in language.
Common Earthworm in English
stor daggmask in Swedish
Dew Worm in English
Gemeiner Regenwurm in German
Lob in English
Night Crawler (N. America) in English
Squirrel Tail in English
Tauwurm in German
Twachel in English
common earthworm in English
dew worm in English
earthworm in English
lob worm in English
squirreltail worm in English
twachel in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eisen, G. (1874(1873)). Om Skandinaviens Lumbricider. <em>Öfv. Kong.Vet-Akad. Förh., Stockholm.</em> 30(8): 43-56.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1102 Completion of entry on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology relating to Lumbricus Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta) (name No. 213).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 34(4), 213-217 (1978)
  3. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  4. Reynolds, J. W., and D. G. Cook, 1993: Nomenclatura oligochaetologica. Supplementum tertium. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick Museum Monographic Series (Natural Science), no. 9. vi + 33.
  5. Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda.
  6. Reynolds, John Warren, and Mark Julian Wetzel, 2004: Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America north of Mexico. Megadrilogica, vol. 9, no. 11. 71-98.
  7. Reynolds, John Warren, and Mark Julian Wetzel, 2008: Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Bermuda. Megadrilogica, vol. 12, no. 12. 157-208.
  8. Reynolds, John Warren, and Mark Julian Wetzel, 2012: Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Bermuda. III. Megadrilogica, vol. 15, no. 8. 191-211.
  9. Timm, T. & Erséus, C. (2002) Check-list of Oligochaeta recorded from Sweden. Swedish Worm Project (SWORM)
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