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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Red wiggler worms, scientifically known as ''Eisenia fetida'', are classified | Red wiggler worms, scientifically known as '''''Eisenia fetida''''', are classified as ''[[Annelids]]''. They go by various other common names such as the manure worm, dung worm, tiger worm, etc. They are widely known for their use in [[compost]]<sup>[1]</sup>. | ||
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==Classification== | |||
{{Taxobox | |||
| name = Eisenia Fetida | |||
| image = | |||
| image_alt = | |||
| image_caption = Red wigger worms | |||
| regnum = Animalia | |||
| phylum = Annelida | |||
| classis = Oligochaeta | |||
| ordo = Hapliotaxida | |||
| familia = Lumbricidae | |||
| genus = Eisenia | |||
| species = Eisenia Fetida | |||
| binomial = Eisenia Fetida | |||
| binomial_authority = (Savigny, 1826) | |||
}} | |||