WoRMS taxon details
Monopylephorus Levinsen, 1884
137383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137383)
accepted
Genus
Littodrilus Chen, 1940 · unaccepted
Postiodrilus Boldt, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)
Vermiculus Goodrich, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Monopylephorus aucklandicus (Benham, 1909)
- Species Monopylephorus camachoi Rodriguez, 1999
- Species Monopylephorus cuticulatus Baker & Brinkhurst, 1981
- Species Monopylephorus evertus Baker & Brinkhurst, 1981
- Species Monopylephorus irroratus (Verrill, 1873)
- Species Monopylephorus kermadecensis (Benham, 1915)
- Species Monopylephorus limosus (Hatai, 1898)
- Species Monopylephorus parvus Ditlevsen, 1904
- Species Monopylephorus rubroniveus Levinsen, 1884
- Species Monopylephorus corderoi Ev. Marcus, 1949 accepted as Monopylephorus rubroniveus corderoi Marcus, 1949
- Species Monopylephorus glaber J. Moore, 1905 accepted as Monopylephorus rubroniveus Levinsen, 1884
- Species Monopylephorus trichochaetus Ditlevsen, 1904 accepted as Monopylephorus irroratus (Verrill, 1873)
marine, brackish, fresh
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206 [details] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Monopylephorus Levinsen, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137383 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206 [details]
original description (of Littodrilus Chen, 1940) Chen, C. (1940). Taxonomy and faunal relations of the limnitic Oligochaeta of China. <em>Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Zool.</em> 14: 1-131.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Postiodrilus Boldt, 1926) Boldt, W. (1926). Vorliiufige Mitteilungen iiber die Oligochaeten des Oldesloer Salz-gebietes. <em>Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Lübeck.</em> 2: 176-181. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus Goodrich, 1892) Goodrich, E.S. (1892). Note on a new oligochaete. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15(408):474-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741367
page(s): 476 [details]
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Littodrilus Chen, 1940) Chen, C. (1940). Taxonomy and faunal relations of the limnitic Oligochaeta of China. <em>Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Zool.</em> 14: 1-131.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Postiodrilus Boldt, 1926) Boldt, W. (1926). Vorliiufige Mitteilungen iiber die Oligochaeten des Oldesloer Salz-gebietes. <em>Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Lübeck.</em> 2: 176-181. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus Goodrich, 1892) Goodrich, E.S. (1892). Note on a new oligochaete. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15(408):474-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741367
page(s): 476 [details]
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Baker, H.R.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). A revision of the genus Monopylephorus and redefinition of the subfamilies Rhyacodrilinae and Branchiurinae (Tubificidae: Oligochaeta). <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 59(6): 939-965. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Brinkhurst, R.O.; Qi, S.; Liang, Y. (1990). The aquatic Oligochaeta from the People's Republic of China. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(5): 901-916., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-131
page(s): 912 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Friend, H. (1912). British Tubificidae. <em>Journal of the Royal microscopical society.</em> p265-293., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5455069
page(s): 282 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Finogenova, N.P. (1982). Revision of the genus Monopylephorus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal.</em> 61(1): 5-17. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 912 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Friend, H. (1912). British Tubificidae. <em>Journal of the Royal microscopical society.</em> p265-293., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5455069
page(s): 282 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Finogenova, N.P. (1982). Revision of the genus Monopylephorus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologichesky Zhurnal.</em> 61(1): 5-17. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
