LUMBRICIDAE
(earthworms)

Interactions where LUMBRICIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by larva Bellardia (Zoo.) emerald-bottles Diptera: Calliphoridae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Bellardia (Zoo.)/Bellardia (Zoo.)emerald-bottleslarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthworms larva endoparasitises
is endoparasitised by larva Pollenia clusterflies Diptera: Polleniidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Polleniidae/Pollenia/Polleniaclusterflieslarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthworms larva endoparasitises
is predated by UK/Ireland Arthurdendyus triangulatus New Zealand Flatworm Tricladida: Geoplanidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Rhabditophora/Tricladida/Geoplanidae/Arthurdendyus triangulatus/Arthurdendyus triangulatusNew Zealand flatworm Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthworms is predator of
is predated by Australoplana sanguinea Australian Flatworm Tricladida: Geoplanidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Rhabditophora/Tricladida/Geoplanidae/Australoplana sanguinea/Australoplana sanguineaAustralian flatworm Animal / predator /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthworms is predator of
worm casts animal debris may support fruitbody Sebacina epigaea a jelly fungus Sebacinales: Sebacinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Sebacinales/Sebacinaceae/Sebacina epigaea/Sebacina epigaeaa jelly fungusfruitbody Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsworm casts fruitbody feeds on animal debris worm casts
is endoparasitised by Monocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Earthworms, Sims, R.W. & Gerard, B.M., 1985
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Monocystis/Monocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthworms endoparasitises
(dead) dead dead is eaten by Reticulocephalis anamorph UK/IrelandCaptivity Reticulocephalis clathroides a zoopagalean fungus Zoopagales: Sigmoideomycetaceae Sigmoideomyces clathroides, Bayliss Elliott, J.S., 1912
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Sigmoideomycetaceae/Reticulocephalis clathroides/Reticulocephalis clathroidesa zoopagalean fungusReticulocephalis anamorph Animal / carrion / dead animal feederUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsdead Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedReticulocephalis anamorph feeds on dead dead
(old) old worm cast dung may support fruitbody Conocybe dumetorum Copse Conecap Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Bolbitiaceae/Conocybe dumetorum/Conocybe dumetorumcopse conecapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsoldworm cast fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of old worm cast
body cavity body cavity is endoparasitised by Apolocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Apolocystis/Apolocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsbody cavity endoparasitises body cavity
body cavity body cavity is endoparasitised by Monocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Monocystis/Monocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsbody cavity endoparasitises body cavity
body cavity body cavity is endoparasitised by Nematocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Nematocystis/Nematocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsbody cavity endoparasitises body cavity
body cavity body cavity is endoparasitised by Rhabdocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Rhabdocystis/Rhabdocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsbody cavity endoparasitises body cavity
body cavity body cavity is endoparasitised by Rhynchocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Rhynchocystis/Rhynchocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsbody cavity endoparasitises body cavity
coelom coelom is endoparasitised by 4th stage larva Rhabditis pellio a nematode Rhabditida: Rhabditidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Rhabditida/Rhabditidae/Rhabditis pellio/Rhabditis pellioa nematode4th stage larva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormscoelom 4th stage larva endoparasitises coelom
intestine (esp just behind the crop) intestine (esp just behind the crop) is endoparasitised by Anoplophrya a ciliate Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Anoplophrya/Anoplophryaa ciliate Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsintestine (esp just behind the crop) endoparasitises intestine (esp just behind the crop)
nephridium nephridium is endoparasitised by 4th stage larva Rhabditis pellio a nematode Rhabditida: Rhabditidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Rhabditida/Rhabditidae/Rhabditis pellio/Rhabditis pellioa nematode4th stage larva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsnephridium 4th stage larva endoparasitises nephridium
seminal vessicle seminal vessicle is endoparasitised by Apolocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Apolocystis/Apolocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsseminal vessicle endoparasitises seminal vessicle
seminal vessicle seminal vessicle is endoparasitised by Monocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Monocystis/Monocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsseminal vessicle endoparasitises seminal vessicle
seminal vessicle seminal vessicle is endoparasitised by Nematocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Nematocystis/Nematocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsseminal vessicle endoparasitises seminal vessicle
seminal vessicle seminal vessicle is endoparasitised by Rhabdocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Rhabdocystis/Rhabdocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsseminal vessicle endoparasitises seminal vessicle
seminal vessicle seminal vessicle is endoparasitised by Rhynchocystis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Rhynchocystis/Rhynchocystisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormsseminal vessicle endoparasitises seminal vessicle
tissue tissue is endoparasitised by cyst Toxocara canis an arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism) Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara canis/Toxocara canisan arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism)cyst Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormstissue cyst endoparasitises tissue
tissue tissue is endoparasitised by larva Toxocara canis an arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism) Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Toxocara canis/Toxocara canisan arrow-worm, Toxocara blindness in humans (causative organism)larva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Crassiclitellata/Lumbricidae/Lumbricidaeearthwormstissue larva endoparasitises tissue

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Bayliss Elliott, J.S., 1912Sigmoideomyces clathroidesTBMS Vol 04: 121-124, IN5.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sims, R.W. & Gerard, B.M., 1985EarthwormsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 31, 171pp, The Linnean Society of London
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Allolobophora chlorotica
Green Worm, Stubby Worm
Species 1 trophisms
Aporrectodea
a genus of earthworms
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)
OrderCRASSICLITELLATA (earthworms)
SubclassOLIGOCHAETA (earth worms and freshwater worms)
ClassCLITELLATA (a class of annelids)
PhylumANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press

LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Butt, K.R. 2000 Earthworms of the Malham Tarn Estate (Yorkshire Dales National Park) Field Studies 9(4): 701-710.
Darwin, C. The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms

Parasitology

Avery, R.A. 1974 Identification of Animal Parasites Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 90 images of LUMBRICIDAE (earthworms)
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