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OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms)
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has 143 images of OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Species | Branchiobdella astaci (a parasitic annelid) | 1 | 2 | |
| Species | Chaetogaster limnaei (an oligochaete) | 3 | ||
| Order | HAPLOTAXIDA (earthworms etc) | 3 | ||
| Suborder | LUMBRICINA (earthworms) | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| Family | NAIDIDAE (a family of oligochaetes) | 2 | ||
| Family | TUBIFICIDAE (bloodworms) | 4 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Brinkhurst, R.O., 1982 | British and other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes |
| A Key to Irish Freshwater Oligochaetes: http://apps.biodiversityireland.ie/OligochaeteIdKey/key.php | A Key to Irish Freshwater Oligochaetes |
| Worsfold, T., 2003 | Introduction to Oligochaetes |
Freshwater | |
| Brinkhurst, R.O., 1971 | A guide to the identification of Aquatic Oligochaeta |
| Mellanby, H., 1953 | Animal Life in Fresh Water - A Guide to British Fresh-water Invertebrates |
Marine | |
| Brinkhurst, R.O., 1971 | A guide to the identification of Aquatic Oligochaeta |
OLIGOCHAETA may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with OLIGOCHAETA:
Oligochaeta may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
