WoRMS taxon details

Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

1069627  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1069627)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Oligochaeta (Subclass)
  6. Crassiclitellata (Order)
  7. Lumbricina (Suborder)
  8. Lumbricidae (Family)
  9. Lumbricus (Genus)
  10. Lumbricus terrestris (Species)
accepted
Species
Allolobophora terrestris (Savigny, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Aporrectodea terrestris [misspelling for terrestre] · unaccepted (recombination by Tétry of an...)  
recombination by Tétry of an invalid recombination by Savigny, with Tétry misspelling Enterion terrestre sensu Savigny, 1822, in itself a misspelling based on Lumbricus terrestris
Enterion terrestre sensu Savigny, 1822 · unaccepted (misspelling of terrestris. A...)  
misspelling of terrestris. A recombination from Lumbricus terrestris

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  1. Subspecies Lumbricus terrestris lacteus Örley, 1881 accepted as Octolasion lacteum (Örley, 1881)
  2. Subspecies Lumbricus terrestris platyurus Örley, 1881 accepted as Fitzingeria platyura (Fitzinger, 1833) (incorrectly stated as new, but possibly a new combination of Enterion platyura Fiztinger)
  3. Subspecies Lumbricus terrestris rubidus Örley, 1881 accepted as Bimastos rubidus (Savigny in Cuvier, 1826) (incorrectly stated as new, but possibly a new combination of Enterion rubidum)
  4. Subspecies Lumbricus terrestris minor Pennant, 1766 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 647 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
WoRMS (2024). Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1069627 on 2024-08-01
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original description 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> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 647 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Lumbricus agricola Hoffmeister, 1843) Hoffmeister, W. (1843). Beitrag zur Kenntnis deutscher Landanneliden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1): 183-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703214 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Lumbricus infelix Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova [Continuatio. Fam. Lumbricina (Sav.). <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps- Akadamiens Förhandlingar.</em> 23(4): 97-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287551
page(s): 98 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]   

additional source Eisen, G. (1874(1873)). Om Skandinaviens Lumbricider. <em>Öfv. Kong.Vet-Akad. Förh., Stockholm.</em> 30(8): 43-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32232578 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395122
page(s): 18; note: Troisieme espece [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda. , available online at https://nomenclatura-oligochaetologica.inhs.illinois.edu/ [details]   

additional source 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. Levrault, Paris, vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192
page(s): 426 [details]   

additional source Eisen, G. (1872). Om nagra arktiska Oligochaeter. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 29(1): 119-124 + Plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59627609
page(s): 121 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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.
page(s): 106 [details]   

additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.3
page(s): 235 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Blakemore, Rob J. (1997). First 'common earthworm' [Lumbricus terrestris] found in Tasmania. <em>Invertebrata.</em> 9: 1,5. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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., available online at https://nh.kanagawa-museum.jp/www/contents/1646462044353/index.html
note: New record for Japan including in commercial bait worm packs [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
English twachelsquirreltail wormlob wormearthwormdew wormcommon earthworm  [details]
German TauwurmGemeiner Regenwurm  [details]
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes) (from synonym Aporrectodea terrestris [misspelling for terrestre])
To Barcode of Life (964 barcodes) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aporrectodea terrestris) (from synonym Aporrectodea terrestris [misspelling for terrestre])
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lumbricus terrestris) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Aporrectodea terrestris [misspelling for terrestre])
To GenBank (8970 nucleotides; 1692 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 16454 Lumbricus terrestris photo) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 21124 Lumbricus terrestris photo) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106451) 
From other sources
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 16454 Lumbricus terrestris photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 16454 Lumbricus terrestris photo)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 21124 Lumbricus terrestris photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ WRM 21124 Lumbricus terrestris photo)
Hosted externally
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106451)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106451)
Hosted externally