NARMS taxon details
Tubifex Lamarck, 1816
137392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137392)
accepted
Genus
- Species Tubifex nerthus Michaelsen, 1908
- Species Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774)
- Species Tubifex barbatus (Grube, 1860) accepted as Psammoryctides barbatus (Grube, 1860) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex bavaricus Oschmann, 1913 accepted as Potamothrix bavaricus (Oschmann, 1913) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex benedii d'Udekem, 1855 accepted as Tubificoides benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex deserticola Grimm, 1876 accepted as Psammoryctides deserticola (Grimm, 1876) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex hammoniensis (Michaelsen, 1901) accepted as Potamothrix hammoniensis (Michaelsen, 1901) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900 accepted as Potamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex insularis Stephenson, 1922 accepted as Tubificoides insularis (Stephenson, 1922) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex lineatus (Müller, 1774) accepted as Lumbricillus lineatus (Müller, 1774) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex litoralis Erséus, 1976 accepted as Christerius litoralis (Erséus, 1976) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex longipenis Brinkhurst, 1965 accepted as Tubificoides longipenis (Brinkhurst, 1965)
- Species Tubifex maritimus Hrabe, 1973 accepted as Tubificoides maritimus (Hrabe, 1973) (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex moldaviensis (Vejdovský & Mrázek, 1903) accepted as Potamothrix moldaviensis Vejdovský & Mrázek, 1903 (Synonym)
- Species Tubifex pseudogaster (Dahl, 1960) accepted as Tubificoides pseudogaster (Dahl, 1960) (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
masculine
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 224; note: For Tubifex rivulorum (unnecessary new name for Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 (now Tubifex tubifex?) and for Tubifex marinus which also looks like an unnecessary new name for Müller's Lumbricus tubic...
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page(s): 224; note: For Tubifex rivulorum (unnecessary new name for Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 (now Tubifex tubifex?) and for Tubifex marinus which also looks like an unnecessary new name for Müller's Lumbricus tubic...
For Tubifex rivulorum (unnecessary new name for Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 (now Tubifex tubifex?) and for Tubifex marinus which also looks like an unnecessary new name for Müller's Lumbricus tubicola.
ERMS (2025). Tubifex Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137392 on 2025-04-04
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Tubifex Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137392 on 2025-04-04
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Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 224; note: For Tubifex rivulorum (unnecessary new name for Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 (now Tubifex tubifex?) and for Tubifex marinus which also looks like an unnecessary new name for Müller's Lumbricus tubic...
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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): 123 [details] Available for editors
additional source Eisen, G. (1879). Preliminary Report on Genera and Species of Tubificidae. <em>Bih. K. Vet. Ak. Handl.</em> 5(16):1-26 + 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14144800
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) supplement. <em>International Review of Hydrobiology.</em> 51(5): 727-742.
page(s): 728 [details] Available for editors
additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 31: 1-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16207584
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 16: 217-291, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14253066
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 543 [details]
additional source Eisen, G. (1885). Oligochaetological researches. <em>Report for the commisioner for 1883.</em> 11 (for year 1883), appendix D, XX: p879-964 +Plates I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30855241
page(s): 891 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 242 [details]
identification resource Hrabe, S. (1962). Oligochaeta limicola from Onega lake collected by Mr. BM Alexandrov. <em>Publications de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université JE Purkyne, Brno.</em> 435: 277-333.
page(s): 307 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 224; note: For Tubifex rivulorum (unnecessary new name for Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 (now Tubifex tubifex?) and for Tubifex marinus which also looks like an unnecessary new name for Müller's Lumbricus tubic...
For Tubifex rivulorum (unnecessary new name for Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 (now Tubifex tubifex?) and for Tubifex marinus which also looks like an unnecessary new name for Müller's Lumbricus tubicola.
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): 123 [details] Available for editors
additional source Eisen, G. (1879). Preliminary Report on Genera and Species of Tubificidae. <em>Bih. K. Vet. Ak. Handl.</em> 5(16):1-26 + 1 plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14144800
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) supplement. <em>International Review of Hydrobiology.</em> 51(5): 727-742.
page(s): 728 [details] Available for editors
additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 31: 1-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16207584
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 16: 217-291, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14253066
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 543 [details]
additional source Eisen, G. (1885). Oligochaetological researches. <em>Report for the commisioner for 1883.</em> 11 (for year 1883), appendix D, XX: p879-964 +Plates I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30855241
page(s): 891 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 242 [details]
identification resource Hrabe, S. (1962). Oligochaeta limicola from Onega lake collected by Mr. BM Alexandrov. <em>Publications de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université JE Purkyne, Brno.</em> 435: 277-333.
page(s): 307 [details] Available for editors
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