Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida > Family Enchytraeidae

Lumbricillus Ørsted, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Enchytraeoides*	Roule, 1888	synonym
*Pachydrilus*	Claparède, 1861	synonym

Children

Lumbricillus algensis Erséus, 1977
Lumbricillus balticus von Bülow, 1957
Lumbricillus brunoi Martinez-Ansemil, 1982
Lumbricillus buelowi Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus eltoni (Stephenson, 1924)
Lumbricillus enteromorphae von Bülow, 1957
Lumbricillus fennicus Nurminen, 1964
Lumbricillus helgolandicus (Michaelsen, 1934)
Lumbricillus horridus Finogenova, 1988
Lumbricillus immoderatus Finogenova, 1988
Lumbricillus kalatdlitus Nurminen, 1970
Lumbricillus kaloensis Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus knoellneri Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus lineatus (Müller, 1774)
Lumbricillus macrothecatus Erséus, 1976
Lumbricillus minutus (Müller, 1776)
Lumbricillus murmanicus Finogenova & Streltsov, 1978
Lumbricillus niger Southern, 1909
Lumbricillus pagenstecheri (Ratzel, 1869)
Lumbricillus profugus (Eisen, 1878)
Lumbricillus pseudominutus Timm, 1988
Lumbricillus pumilio Stephenson, 1932
Lumbricillus reynoldsoni Backlund, 1948
Lumbricillus rivalis (Levinsen, 1884)
Lumbricillus scoticus Elmhirst & Stephenson, 1926
Lumbricillus tuba Stephenson, 1911
Lumbricillus viridis Stephenson, 1911

Literature

original description	Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1844). De regionibus marinis. Elementa topographiae historiconaturalis freti Öresund. Dissertatio inauguralis, quam ad honores magistri artium rite capessendos scripsit et die XXIX mensis Aprilis respondnete ornatissimo E. Petit. chir. mil. publice defendere studebit A.S. Uorsted. phil. cand. Hauniae. Typis excussit J.C. Scharling. Havniae, Köpenhamn. 1-88, 2 pls. + [2] pp.
basis of record	Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 231-234
additional source	Klinth, M.J.; Rota, E.; Martinsson, S.; Erséus, C. (2024). Paralumbricillus gen. nov. and other new marine enchytraeids from the North Atlantic. Fauna norvegica. 43: 110-134.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
taxonomy source	Klinth, M. J.; Martinsson, S.; Erséus, C. (2016). Phylogeny and species delimitation of North European Lumbricillus (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46(1): 96-110.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Lumbricillus Ørsted, 1844. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137351

Dr. Emilia Rota. Lumbricillus Ørsted, 1844. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/02ccb837-f0bf-419a-9402-f5ce48f403ad