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Lumbricus terrestris (26559560801)🪱

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SpeciesCrassiclitellataLumbricidae
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🪱Lumbricus terrestris

Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

Lumbricus terrestris is a large, reddish worm species thought to be native to Western Europe, now widely distributed around the world. In some areas where it is an introduced species, some people consider it to be a significant pest for out-competing native worms.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumAnnelida
  3. ›classClitellata
  4. ›orderCrassiclitellata
  5. ›familyLumbricidae
  6. ›genusLumbricus
  7. ›speciesLumbricus terrestris
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  1. phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
  2. familyLumbricidae
  3. subfamilyLumbricinae
  4. genusLumbricus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. suborderLumbricina
  5. familyLumbricidae
  6. subfamilyLumbricinae
  7. genusLumbricus
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žížala obecná (cs), kastemato (fi), stormeitemark (nb), 普通蚯蚓 (zh), dżdżownica ziemna (pl), Lumbricus terrestris (es) … and 23 more languages
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