🪱Eisenia fetida
Eisenia fetida, known under various common names such as manure worm, redworm, brandling worm, panfish worm, trout worm, tiger worm, red wiggler worm, etc., is a species of earthworm adapted to decaying organic material. These worms thrive in rotting vegetation, compost, and manure. They are epigean, rarely found in soil. In this trait, they resemble Lumbricus rubellus.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumAnnelida
- ›classClitellata
- ›orderCrassiclitellata
- ›familyLumbricidae
- ›genusEisenia
- ›speciesEisenia fetida
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- familyLumbricidae
- subfamilyLumbricinae
- genusEisenia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- classClitellata
- suborderLumbricina
- familyLumbricidae
- subfamilyLumbricinae
- genusEisenia
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