Tubifex
Genus of annelid worms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tubifex is a cosmopolitan genus of tubificid annelids that inhabits the sediments of lakes, rivers and occasionally sewer lines.[2] At least 13 species of Tubifex have been identified, with the exact number not certain, as the species are not easily distinguishable from each other.[citation needed]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Tubificida |
Family: | Naididae |
Subfamily: | Tubificinae |
Genus: | Tubifex Lamarck, 1816 |
Type species | |
Lumbricus tubifex[1] Müller, 1774 |
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