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The lumbriculidae are a family of microdrile oligochaetes common in fresh-water environments. They should not be confused with the earthworm family Lumbricidae.

The family currently contains the following genera:

  • Bichaeta (one species)
  • Cookidrilus (one species)
  • Eclipidrilus (eight species)
  • Eremidrilus (five species)
  • Eumuliercula (two species)
  • Guestphalinus (one species)
  • Hrabea (one species)
  • Kincaidiana (two species)
  • Lamprodrilus (twenty-eight species)
  • Lamprortus (one species)
  • Lumbriculus (fourteen species)
  • Phagodrilus (fifteen species)
  • Rhynchemlis (thirty species)
  • Secubelmis (one species)
  • Spelaedrilus (one species)
  • Stylodrilus (thirty-five species)
  • Styloscolex (fourteen species)
  • Tatriella (two species)
  • Tenagodrilus (one species)
  • Trichodrilus (thirty-three species)
  • Wsewolodus (one species)
  • Yamaguchia (one species)

Original list by Steve Fend; the following genera are subsumed by other genera (list not exhaustive):

  • Teleuscolex -> Lamprodrilus
  • Thinodrilus -> Lumbriculus
  • Sutroa -> Rhynchelmis
  • Rhynchelmoides -> Rhynchelmis
  • Bythonomus -> Stylodrilus

Annelids

 

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