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Order | 4 subtaxa | 90 images | 4 ident. refs | ||||
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Family | 1 subtaxa | 90 images | |||||
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Unidentified | 16 images | ||||||
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Order | 4 subtaxa | 90 images | 4 ident. refs | ||||
| Order | 1 subtaxa | 1 ident. refs | ||||||
| Order | 1 subtaxa | 90 images | ||||||
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| Subclass | OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms) |
| Class | CLITELLATA (a class of annelids) |
| Phylum | ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches) |
| Superphylum | LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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Brinkhurst, R.O. | 1982 | British and other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes | Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 21, 127pp, The Linnean Society of London |
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Sweeney, P. | A Key to Irish Freshwater Oligochaetes | apps.biodiversityireland.ie/OligochaeteIdKey/key.php | |
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Worsfold, T. | 2003 | Introduction to Oligochaetes | 22pp |
Freshwater | ||||
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Brinkhurst, R.O. | 1971 | *** A guide to the identification of Aquatic Oligochaeta ***(Superseded) | Scientific Publications, No. 22, 2nd, revised edition, 55pp, Freshwater Biological Association |
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Mellanby, H. | 1953 | Animal Life in Fresh Water - A Guide to British Fresh-water Invertebrates | 296pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd. |
Marine | ||||
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Brinkhurst, R.O. | 1971 | A guide to the identification of Aquatic Oligochaeta | Scientific Publications, No. 22, 2nd, revised edition, 55pp, Freshwater Biological Association |
OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 34 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms)
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