Lumbriculus illex

Lumbriculus illex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Lumbriculidae
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species:
L. illex
Binomial name
Lumbriculus illex
Timm & Rodriguez, 1994

Lumbriculus illex is a fresh-water worm, the most recently described member of the genus (Timm & Rodriguez, 1994), and is known only from 3 individuals found in Komarovka stream, north of Vladivostok.[1] In most regards, this species is probably similar to Lumbriculus variegatus, but it can be told apart from this species by its one-pointed setae (other Lumbriculus have two-pointed setae). Its closest relative is probably L. sachalinus or L. olgae. Mature Lumbriculus can also easily be told apart by a number of genital characters, but as few of the species in the genus ever become sexually mature, this method of identification is often useless.

  1. ^ Timm, T.; Rodriguez, P. (1994-06-01). "Description of a new Lumbriculus species (Oligochaeta, Lumbriculidae) from the Russian Far-East". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 30 (2): 95–100. doi:10.1051/limn/1994012. ISSN 0003-4088.