Lumbricus terrestris
Common Earthworm
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Clitellata
- Order
- Crassiclitellata
- Family
- Lumbricidae
- Genus
- Lumbricus
Animalia | Annelida | Clitellata | Crassiclitellata | Lumbricidae | Lumbricus
External: GBIF #4410657
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Lumbricus terrestris.
biocontrol 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Venturia inaequalis (Apple Scab) · effect: beneficial
“apple scab fungus can be partly controlled when worms eat the leaves and incorporate the residues”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedMagdoff F., Van Es H. (2021) · Building Soils for Better Crops: Ecological Management for Healthy Soils (Fourth Edition) · p. 56 #6492071
facilitation 2 claims
- This entity is the subject of facilitation on Plantae (kingdom) · effect: beneficial
“facilitate aeration and water infiltration through their formation of burrows”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedEldor A. Paul (editor); R.P. Voroney, R.J. Heck, Ken Killham, Jim Prosser, D. Lee Taylor, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall, Janice E. Thies, Ellen Kandeler, Serita D. Frey, Alain F. Plante, Maddie M. Stone, William B. McGill, Sherri J. Morris, Christopher B. Blackwood, R. Balestrini, E. Lumini, R. Borriello, V. Bianciotto, William Horwath, Claire Chenu, Cornelia Rumpel, Johannes Lehmann, G.P. Robertson, P.M. Groffman, Peter J. Bottomley, David D. Myrold, Michael A. Kertesz, Emmanuel Frossard, William J. Parton, Stephen J. Del Grosso, E. Carol Adair, Susan M. Lutz, Harold P. Collins, Alex R. Crump, Vanessa L. Bailey (2015) · Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry (Fourth Edition) #6492716 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Soil · effect: beneficial
“night crawler Lumbricus terrestris is an important... soil engineer”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
biocontrol 7
- GloBI eats Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36876308
- GloBI eats Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242279483
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308871499
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76189333
- GloBI eats Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25842706
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11286038
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris Digel et al. (2014)
pollination 1
- GloBI interactsWith Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72268841
biocontrol 7
- GloBI eats Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36876308
- GloBI eats Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242279483
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308871499
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76189333
- GloBI eats Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25842706
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11286038
- GloBI preysOn Lumbricus terrestris Digel et al. (2014)
crop interaction 1
- GloBI interactsWith Lumbricus terrestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72268841