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Descriptor English: Oligochaeta
Descriptor Spanish: Oligoquetos
Descriptor Oligochaeta
Entry term(s) Eisenia foetida
lombriz Eisenia
lombriz de tierra
Scope note: Clase de lombrices anélidas con pocas cerdas (sedas) por segmento. Incluye las lombrices de tierra tales como las Lumbricus y Eisenia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Oligoquetos
Descriptor French: Oligochaeta
Entry term(s): Earthworm
Earthworms
Eisenia fetida
Eisenia fetidas
Eisenia foetida
Eisenia foetidas
Eisenia worm
Eisenia worms
Lumbricus
Lumbricus terrestri
Lumbricus terrestris
Oligochaetas
fetida, Eisenia
foetidas, Eisenia
terrestris, Lumbricus
worm, Eisenia
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.091.657
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009835
Scope note: A class of annelid worms with few setae per segment. It includes the earthworms such as Lumbricus and Eisenia.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Annelida (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 79; was see under ANNELIDA 1969-78; EARTHWORMS was heading 1972-78
Online Note: search ANNELIDA 1969-74; use OLIGOCHAETA to search EARTHWORMS 1972-78
History Note: 79(75); was see under ANNELIDA 1969-78; EARTHWORMS was heading 1972-78
DeCS ID: 10020
Unique ID: D009835
NLM Classification: QX 451
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Oligochaeta - Preferred
Concept UI M0015262
Scope note A class of annelid worms with few setae per segment. It includes the earthworms such as Lumbricus and Eisenia.
Preferred term Oligochaeta
Entry term(s) Oligochaetas
Lumbricus - Narrower
Concept UI M0015267
Preferred term Lumbricus
Eisenia worm - Narrower
Concept UI M0015265
Preferred term Eisenia worm
Entry term(s) Eisenia worms
worm, Eisenia
Eisenia foetida - Narrower
Concept UI M0015266
Preferred term Eisenia foetida
Entry term(s) Eisenia fetida
Eisenia fetidas
Eisenia foetidas
fetida, Eisenia
foetidas, Eisenia
Earthworms - Narrower
Concept UI M0015263
Preferred term Earthworms
Entry term(s) Earthworm
Lumbricus terrestris - Narrower
Concept UI M0015268
Preferred term Lumbricus terrestris
Entry term(s) Lumbricus terrestri
terrestris, Lumbricus



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