Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Subclass Lumbriculata > Order Lumbriculida > Family Lumbriculidae > Genus Lumbriculus

Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lumbriculus*	Grube, 1844	accepted genus name
*Saenuris*	Hoffmeister, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Lumbricus variegatus*	Müller, 1774	objective synonym
*Lumbriculus kareliensis*	Popcenko, 1976	subjective synonym

Literature

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additional source	Grube, E. (1844). Über den Lumbricus variegatus Müller's und ihm verwandte Anneliden. Arch. Naturgesch. 10: 198-216.
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status source	Gustafsson, D. R.; Price, D. A.; Erséus, C. (2009). Genetic variation in the popular lab worm Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) reveals cryptic speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51(2): 182-189.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774). 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:177538

Tarmo Timm. Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b21c58e5-bb5d-4f28-8123-dc5c67391f85