Eisenia fetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Clitellata Order: Haplotaxida Family: Lumbricidae Genus: Eisenia Species: E. fetida
Binomial name
Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) [1]

Eisenia fetida, known under various common names, including redworms, brandling worms, "tiger worms" and red wiggler worms, is a species of earthworm adapted to the environment of decaying organic material. It thrives in rotting vegetation, compost, and manure. It is rarely found in soil, and instead, like Lumbricus rubellus, prefers conditions where other worms cannot survive. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Classes and subclasses Class Polychaeta (paraphyletic?) Class Clitellata*    Oligochaeta - earthworms, etc. ... Clitellata is a Class of Annelid worms. ... -1... Common genera Lumbricus Eisenia Eiseniella Allolobophora Aporrectodea Bimastos Dendrobaena Dendrodrilus (and more) The Lumbricidae is a family of earthworms which includes most of the well-known earthworm species. ... Eisenia may refer to one of two things: Eisenia (annelid), a genus of earthworm Eisenia (kelp) is a brown algae Category: ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (April 5, 1777 - October 5, 1851) was a French zoologist. ... In science, a common name is any name by which a species or other concept is known that is not the official scientific name. ... Families   Acanthodrilidae   Ailoscolecidae   Alluroididae   Almidae   Biwadrilidae   Eudrilidae   Exxidae   Glossoscolecidae   Lumbricidae   Lutodrilidae   Megascolecidae   Microchaetidae   Ocnerodrilidae   Octochaetidae   Sparganophilidae Earthworm is the common name for the larger members of the Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. ... Families   Acanthodrilidae   Ailoscolecidae   Alluroididae   Almidae   Criodrilidae   Eudrilidae   Exxidae   Glossoscolecidae   Lumbricidae   Lutodrilidae   Megascolecidae   Microchaetidae   Ocnerodrilidae   Octochaetidae   Sparganophilidae Earthworm is the common name for the hugest members of the Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. ... Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. ... A handful of compost Compost is the aerobically decomposed remnants of organic materials (those with plant and animal origins). ... Animal manure is often a mixture of animals feces and bedding straw, as in this example from a stable. ... Lumbricus rubellus is usually reddish brown or reddish violet, irridescent dorsally, and pale yellow ventrally. ...

They are encountered most often as fishing bait. Also, because they can speed the process of converting compost into soil, they are used in areas where they occur naturally. In addition, they are commonly used to clean the environment. This process is known as vermiculture, with an end result of vermicompost. Vermicompost (also called worm compost, vermicast, worm castings, worm humus or worm manure) is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by some species of earthworm. ...

When introduced into soils where they are not endemic, they will damage ecosystems by changing soil composition. These areas include soils of sandy loam, pine barrens, and possibly others. Such possible causes of contamination can be careless fishermen, trees or soil trucked in from other areas, transportation of potted plants, etc. Loam is soil composed of a relatively even mixture of three mineral particle size groups: sand, silt, and clay. ... The Sopranos episode, see Pine Barrens (The Sopranos episode). ...

References

1. ^ Eisenia fetida. Fauna Europaea (2004).