Lumbriculidae

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The lumbriculidae are a family of microdrile oligochaetes common in fresh-water environments. They should not be confused with the earthworm family Lumbricidae.

The family currently contains the following genera:

Bichaeta (one species)
Cookidrilus (one species)
Eclipidrilus (eight species)
Eremidrilus (five species)
Eumuliercula (two species)
Guestphalinus (one species)
Hrabea (one species)
Kincaidiana (two species)
Lamprodrilus (twenty-eight species)
Lamprortus (one species)
Lumbriculus (fourteen species)
Phagodrilus (fifteen species)
Rhynchemlis (thirty species)
Secubelmis (one species)
Spelaedrilus (one species)
Stylodrilus (thirty-five species)
Styloscolex (fourteen species)
Tatriella (two species)
Tenagodrilus (one species)
Trichodrilus (thirty-three species)
Wsewolodus (one species)
Yamaguchia (one species)

Original list by Steve Fend; the following genera are subsumed by other genera (list not exhaustive):

Teleuscolex -> Lamprodrilus
Thinodrilus -> Lumbriculus
Sutroa -> Rhynchelmis
Rhynchelmoides -> Rhynchelmis
Bythonomus -> Stylodrilus

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