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OLIGOCHAETA (earth worms)

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Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #refs #webs
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:

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

ANIMALIA
(animals)
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