MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Limnodrilus Claparède, 1862

ERMS taxon details

Limnodrilus Claparède, 1862

Limnodrilus lucasi (penial sheath)

AphiaID

137388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137388)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Tubificinae Claus, 1876

Original name

Limnodrilus Claparède, 1862

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Species Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862
Species Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871)
Species Limnodrilus udekemianus Claparède, 1862
Species Limnodrilus benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) accepted as Tubificoides benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) (Synonym)
Species Limnodrilus heterochaetus Michaelsen, 1926 accepted as Peloscolex heterochaetus (Michaelsen, 1926) accepted as Tubificoides heterochaetus (Michaelsen, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Limnodrilus lastoschkini Jarošenko, 1948 accepted as Psammoryctides lastoschkini (Jarošenko, 1948) (Synonym)
Species Limnodrilus michaelseni Lastočkin, 1937 accepted as Isochaeta michaelseni (Lastočkin, 1937) accepted as Isochaetides michaelseni (Lastočkin, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Limnodrilus pseudogaster Dahl, 1960 accepted as Tubificoides pseudogaster (Dahl, 1960) (Synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 16: 217-291, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14253066
page(s): 248 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Limnodrilus Claparède, 1862. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137388 on 2026-03-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Limnodrilus Claparède, 1862. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137388 on 2026-03-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Erséus, Christer

2005-07-20 07:05:12Z

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Timm, Tarmo

2017-10-02 12:41:38Z

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van Haaren, Ton

2021-12-19 22:33:26Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2023-08-14 08:07:33Z

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van Haaren, Ton

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original description Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 16: 217-291, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14253066
page(s): 248 [details]

taxonomy source Marcus, E. (1942). Sabre algumas Tubificidae do Brasil. Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia. 6(6):153-228 + Plates I-XII.
page(s): 163 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Barbour, M.; Cook, D.G.; Pomerantz, R.S. (1980). On the question of hybridization and variation in the oligochaete genus Limnodrilus. In: Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, Plenum press, new York. p41-53., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3048-6_5 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Rybka, J. (1898). Contribution à la morphologie et à la classification du genre Limnodrilus claparède. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 11:376-392 + Plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10110703 [details]

taxonomy source Liu, Y.; Fend, S. V.; Martinsson, S.; Luo, X.; Ohtaka, A.; Erséus, C. (2017). Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Limnodrilus (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 112: 244-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.019 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. [Book]. 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 248 [details]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
page(s): 33 [details]

additional source Beddard, F. E. (1892). On some aquatic oligochaetous worms. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. [1892]: 349-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31848866 [details]

additional source Eisen, G. (1885). Oligochaetological researches. Report for the commisioner for 1883. 11 (for year 1883), appendix D, XX: p879-964 +Plates I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30855241
page(s): 893 [details]

additional source Dzwillo, M. (1984). Phylogenetic and taxonomic problems in freshwater Oligochaeta with special emphasis on chitinous structures in Tubificinae. Hydrobiologia. 115: 19-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00027888
note: on penial sheath variabillity of L. hoffmeisteri and L. udekemianus [details] Available for editors

identification resource Kennedy, C.R. (1969). The variability of some characters used for species recognition in the genus Limnodrilus Claparède (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Journal of Natural History. 3(1): 53-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936900770061 [details] Available for editors