Lumbriculus illex is a fresh-water worm, the most recently described member of the genus (Timm & Rodriguez, 1994), and is known only from 3 individuals found in Komarovka stream, north of Vladivostok.[1] In most regards, this species is probably similar to Lumbriculus variegatus, but it can be told apart from this species by its one-pointed setae (other Lumbriculus have two-pointed setae). Its closest relative is probably L. sachalinus or L. olgae. Mature Lumbriculus can also easily be told apart by a number of genital characters, but as few of the species in the genus ever become sexually mature, this method of identification is often useless.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Lumbriculida |
| Family: | Lumbriculidae |
| Genus: | Lumbriculus |
| Species: | L. illex
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| Binomial name | |
| Lumbriculus illex Timm & Rodriguez, 1994
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References
edit- ^ Timm, T.; Rodriguez, P. (1994-06-01). "Description of a new Lumbriculus species (Oligochaeta, Lumbriculidae) from the Russian Far-East". Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. 30 (2): 95–100. doi:10.1051/limn/1994012. ISSN 0003-4088.
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