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    NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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    Lumbricus terrestris

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    common earthworm

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    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumAnnelida
    5. ClassClitellata
    6. OrderCrassiclitellata
    7. FamilyLumbricidae
    8. GenusLumbricus
    9. SpeciesLumbricus terrestris
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Protostomia clade
    8. Spiralia clade
    9. Lophotrochozoa clade
    10. Annelida phylum
    11. Clitellata class
    12. Oligochaeta subclass
    13. Crassiclitellata order
    14. Lumbricina suborder
    15. Lumbricidae family
    16. Lumbricinae subfamily
    17. Lumbricus genus
    18. Lumbricus terrestris complex no rank
    19. Lumbricus terrestris species

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