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LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826) (Green Worm, Stubby Worm) 1
Genus Aporrectodea (a genus of earthworms)  
Species Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826) (Rosy Or Rosy-tip Worm, Mucous Worm) 1

Suggested Literature

General Works

Darwin, C. Book/Report

LUMBRICIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ANNELIDA
(segmented worms and leeches)
OLIGOCHAETA
(earth worms)
LUMBRICINA
(earthworms)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with LUMBRICIDAE:

is endoparasitised by larva Bellardia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) van Emden, F.I., 1954
Photos is endoparasitised by larva Pollenia - cluster flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) van Emden, F.I., 1954
worm cast (old) old worm cast dung may support fruitbody Conocybe dumetorum - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
worm casts worm casts dung/debris may support fruitbody Sebacina epigaea - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Exidiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Lumbricidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
LUMBRICINA
(earthworms)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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