Information about Haplotaxida

Haplotaxida
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Lumbricus terrestris, the Common European Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris, the Common European Earthworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Annelida
Class:Clitellata
Subclass:Oligochaeta
Order:Haplotaxida
Families


Suborder Haplotaxina
  Haplotaxidae
Suborder Moniligastrina
  Moniligastridae
Suborder Lumbricina
  Alluroididae
  Eudrilidae
  Glossoscolecidae
  Lumbricidae
  Sparganophilidae
  Acanthodrilidae
  Octochaetidae
  Exxidae
  Megascolecidae
  Microchaetidae
  Eudrilidae
Suborder Tubificina
  Dorydrilidae
  Enchytraeidae
  Naididae
  Opistocystidae
  Phreodrilidae
  Tubificidae
L. terrestris

Binomial name
Lumbricus terrestris
Linnaeus, 1758

Lumbricus terrestris (L.
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Annelida
Lamarck, 1809

Classes and subclasses

Class Polychaeta (paraphyletic?)
Class Clitellata*
   Oligochaeta - earthworms, etc.
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Clitellata

Subclasses

Branchiobdellae
Hirudinea
Oligochaeta

Clitellata is a class of Annelid worms, characterized by having a clitellum - the 'collar' that forms a reproductive cocoon during part of their life cycle.
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Oligochaeta

Orders

Haplotaxida
Lumbriculida
Oligochaeta (singular Oligochaete, IPA /ˈɒlɪgoʊˌkiːt/
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Lumbricina

Families

  Acanthodrilidae
  Ailoscolecidae
  Alluroididae
  Almidae
  Criodrilidae
  Eudrilidae
  Exxidae
  Glossoscolecidae
  Lumbricidae
  Lutodrilidae
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Eudrilid earthworms are restricted to Africa (Ethiopian Region) as natives. One species, Eudrilus eugeniae has become widely distributed around the warmer parts of the world and is cultured as the "African Night Crawler".
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Glossoscolecidae

Genera
See text.

Glossoscolecidae is a large family of earthworms which has native representatives in South and Central America.
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Lumbricidae

Genera
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The Lumbricidae is a family of earthworms which includes most of the well-known earthworm species. A few lumbricid species have become naturalized around the world, but the bulk of the species are in Eurasia.
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Sparganophilidae

Genus: Sparganophilus

Sparganophilus, the only genus in the family Sparganophilidae, is a group of long slender limicolous (mud-dwelling) earthworms native to North America.
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Megascolecidae

Genera

See text.

Megascolecidae is a large family of earthworms which has native representatives in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast and East Asia, and North America.
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Eudrilid earthworms are restricted to Africa (Ethiopian Region) as natives. One species, Eudrilus eugeniae has become widely distributed around the warmer parts of the world and is cultured as the "African Night Crawler".
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Enchytraeidae

The Enchytraeidae are a microdrile oligochaete family and include both terrestrial species known as potworms that live in highly organic environments and iceworms such as Mesenchytraeus solifugus that live in ice fields.
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Tubificidae

Subfamilies

Tubificidae
Naidinae
Phallodrilinae
Limnodriloidinae
Rhyacodrilinae
Telmatodrilinae
The Tubificidae
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