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Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Allolobophora terrestris (Savigny, 1822)
Aporrectodea terrestris (Savigny, 1826)
Aporrectodea terrestris terrestre
Enterion terrestre Savigny, 1826
Enterion terrestris Savigny, 1826
Lumbricus agricola Hoffmeister, 1843
Lumbricus infelix Kinberg, 1866
Homonyms
Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Aalwurm in German
Angleworm in English
Augsnes dižslieka in Latvian
Boiteag in Scottish Gaelic
Buzuk, Buzhug in Breton
Canadian Crawler in English
Common Earthworm in English
Common Earthworm in English
Cuc de terra comú in Catalan–Valencian
Dew Worm in English
Didysis sliekas in Lithuanian
Dżdżownica Ziemna in Polish
Earthworm in English
European Common Earthworm in English
Gemeiner Regenwurm in German
Gemeiner Regenwurm in German
Gewone Erdwurm in Afrikaans
Gewone Regenworm in Dutch
Gewuuene pierelink in Limburgish
Gewöhnlicher Regenwurm in German
Gewöhnlicher Regenwurm in German
Grandaddy Earthworm in English
Green Crawler in English
Grote blauwkopworm in Dutch
Harilik vihmauss in Estonian
Kastemato in Finnish
Kišna glista in Croatian
Közönséges földigiliszta in Hungarian
Large Crawler in English
Lob in English
Lob Worm in English
Lombric commun in French
Lombric commun, Ver de terre commun in French
Lombriz de tierra in Spanish
Lombriz de tierra europea in Spanish
Lur-zizare in Basque
Minhoca-da-Pesca in Portuguese
Miñoca in Galician
Moose in Ojibwa
Navadni deževnik in Slovenian
Night Crawler (N. America) in English
Nightcrawler in English
Nightcrawler in English
Nightcrawler in English
Nitro Crawler in English
Regenworm in Dutch
Rinwirem in language.
Râmă in Romanian
Squirrel Tail in English
Squirreltail Worm in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Blakemore, Rob J. (1997). First 'common earthworm' [Lumbricus terrestris] found in Tasmania. <em>Invertebrata.</em> 9: 1,5.
  2. Blakemore, Robert J.; Sato, Takehiro; Vasnick, Chelsea; Lim, Shu Yong. (2022). First Records from Japan of European Vermi-composter Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa,1886) and of “Classical” Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Lumbricidae). <em>Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science).</em> 51: 89-94.
  3. Dugès, A. (1837). Nouvelles observations sur la zoologie et l'anatomie des Annelides abranches sétigères. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie.</em> 2(8): 15-35.
  4. Eisen, G. (1871). Bidrag till Skandinaviens Oligochaetfauna. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 27(10): 953-971 + Plates XI-XVII.
  5. Eisen, G. (1872). Om nagra arktiska Oligochaeter. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 29(1): 119-124 + Plate 2.
  6. Eisen, G. (1874(1873)). Om Skandinaviens Lumbricider. <em>Öfv. Kong.Vet-Akad. Förh., Stockholm.</em> 30(8): 43-56.
  7. Friend, H. (1892). Studies of British Tree‐ and Earth‐worms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 24(153): 292-315.
  8. 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)
  9. Lehmitz, R.; Römbke, J.; Jänsch, S.; Krück, S.; Beylich, A.; Graefe, U. (2014). Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Germany. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3866(2): 221-245. 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.3
  10. Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III.
  11. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  12. Piguet, E.; Bretscher, K. (1913). Catalogue des intvertébrés de la Suisse 7: Oligochetes. <em>Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve.</em> 215pp.
  13. 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.
  14. Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12.
  19. Saltmarsh et al. (2016), https://neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5503
  20. Sims, R.W.; Gerard, B.M. (1999). Earthworms. Notes for the identification of British species. <em>Synopsis of the British Fauna (N. S).</em> 31 (revised) : i-viii + 1-169.
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