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Lumbricidae are restricted mainly to the subtropi-cal latitudes of South America. Only some species extend into tropical latitudes, along the Andean ranges of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, and then eastwards, following the mountain ranges of the Guayana shield, along Venezuela and the Guyanas. In Brazil, they are present only in the mountains of the Atlantic forest biome in the southeast and.
Models of Classification. How can we accurately classify people in a manner that corresponds to real biological differences rather than culturally defined stereotypes. The answer to this question is not simple. There are three basic ways in which anthropologists have tried to do it in the past. These are generally referred to as the typological, populational, and clinal models. Typological.
Classification. The higher classification used in this catalogue follows, as far as possible van Nieukerken et al., 2011. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness'. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. This in turn largely follows that in the Handbook of Zoology (Kristensen 1998), and the later update (Kristensen et al.
Schwert DP, 1990. Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae. In: Soil Biology Guide (ed. by Dindal, D. L.). New York, USA: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 341-356. Sims RW, 1973. Lumbricus terrestris Linneaus 1758 (Annelida, Oligochaeta): designation of a neotype in accordance with accustomed usage. Problems rising from the misidentification of the species by Savigny.
Lumbricus terrestris is a large reddish worm native to Europe, but now also widely distributed elsewhere around the world (along with several other lumbricids), due to human introductions.In some areas where it has been introduced, some people consider it to be a serious pest species, since it is out-competing locally native worms.
Medical definition of Lumbricidae: a family of segmented worms containing most of the earthworms of Eurasia and North America.
Lumbricidae (Annelida): with a key to the common species. (L Cernosvitov; A C Evans; Linnean Society of London.) Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you. Advanced Search Find a Library. COVID-19 Resources.