WoRMS taxon details

Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774)

137569  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137569)

accepted
Species
Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Nais filiformis [auct. mistaken attribution to Williams, 1852] · unaccepted > misapplication (misapplied attribution of N....)  
misapplied attribution of N. filiformis Blainville 1825 to Williams, 1852
Nais tubifex (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Saenuris tubifex (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Taupodrilus fontaneus (Pointner, 1914) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex alpinus Bretscher, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex fontaneus Pointner, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex rivulorum Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (superfluous replacement name for...)  
superfluous replacement name for Lumbricus tubifex
Tubifex tubifex f. tubifex (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh
(of Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): imi pars altera, 27 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary  
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137569 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature

original description (of Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): imi pars altera, 27 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tubifex alpinus Bretscher, 1900) Bretscher, K. (1900). Mitteilungen über die Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8(1): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971552
page(s): 13 [details] 

original description (of Tubifex rivulorum Lamarck, 1816) 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): 225; note: introduced as an unnecessary new name for the original name of Lumbricus tubifex Müller [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tubifex fontaneus Pointner, 1914) Pointner, Hermann. (1914). Über einige neue Oligochaeten der Lunzer–Seen. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde.</em> 9: 606–618.
page(s): 607; note: as Tubifex (Tubifex) fontaneus [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tubifex tubifex heterochaeta Černosvitov, 1926) Černosvitov, L. (1926). Eine neue Variation des Tubifex tubifex Müll. <em>Zool. Anz.</em> 65: 321-323. [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

taxonomy source Chapman, P.M.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Setal morphology of the oligochaetes Tubifex tubifex and Ilyodrilus frantzi (capillatus) as revealed SEM. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(2): 323-327., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595790 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Marchese, M. (1987). A contribution to the taxonomy of the aquatic Oligochaeta (Haplotaxidae, Phreodrilidae, Tubificidae) of South America. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 65: 3154-3165.
page(s): 3154 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). <em>Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl.</em> 2: 1-89.
page(s): 19, 22 [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): 123 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>African Zoology.</em> 2(2): 131-166.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. <em>Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci.</em> 84.
page(s): 149 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ditlevsen, A. (1904). Studien an Oligochäten. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 77: 398-480 + plates XVI-XVII., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Zeitschrift-fuer-wiss-Zoologie_77_0398-0480.pdf
page(s): 422 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Erséus, Christer. (1992). Groundwater and marine intertidal Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Canary and Cabo Verde Islands, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 62(2): 63-70., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/504640 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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): 291 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Snimschikova, L. N. (1985). Tubifitsidy (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) severnogo Baikala (= Tubificids (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) of northern Lake Baikal). <em>Bespozvonochnye i ryby (Invertebrates and Fishes). Nauka, Novosibirsk.</em> 39-61. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1962). A check-list of British Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 138(2): 317-330., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb05701.x
page(s): 326 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Peng, Yu; Wang, Hongzhu; Yongde, Cui. (2017). Four species of Tubifex Lamarck (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Naididae) from Tibet. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4320(2): 366–378., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971). The aquatic Oligochaeta known from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers Dep Zool Univ Queensland.</em> 3(8): 99-128., available online at https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300496/QL1_U7_1971_v3no8.pdf
page(s): 110 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Holmquist, C. (1983). What is Tubifex tubifex (O.F. Muller) (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae)?. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(3): 187-201. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hrabĕ, S. (1939). Vodni Oligochaeta z Vysokych Tater. <em>Věst. Česk. Zool. Spol.</em> 6-7: 209-236., available online at http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/knav/view/uuid:6b9eee0f-d5cf-4e7b-bb7b-7919f93e3889?page=uuid:c2b21a7f-9064-4405-afd5-1cb9f5120a12
page(s): 222 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Marcus, E. (1942). Sabre algumas Tubificidae do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia.</em> 6(6):153-228 + Plates I-XII.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lastočkin, Dmitrij Alexandrovich. (1921). Issledovanija po faune Ivanovo-Voznesenskoj gubernii, organizovannye selsko-hozjajstvennym fakultetom I.-V. P. I. letom 1920 goda. 2. Fauna Oligochaeta limicola rajona issledovanija. <em>Izvestija Ivanovo- Voznesenskogo Politehničeskogo Instituta.</em> 4: 70-77.
page(s): 75 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Piguet, E. (1919). Wasserbewohnende Oligochaeten der nord-schwedischen Hochgebirge. <em>Naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen des Sarekgebirges in Schwedisch-Lappland.</em> 4(7): 779-804.
page(s): 791 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. <em>Fragmenta Faunistika.</em> 18(21): 405-434., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/43840/WA058_50692_P256-T18_Frag-Faun-Nr-21.pdf
page(s): 419 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Crottini, A.; Marotta, R.; Barbuto, M.; Casiraghi, M.; Ferraguti, M. (2008). The world in a river? A preliminary analysis of the 16S rDNA variability of Tubifex species (Clitellata: Tubificidae) from the Lambro River. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 48(3): 1189-1203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.012 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dzwillo, M. (1966). Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung der Tubificidenfauna im Bereich des Hamburger Hafens. <em>Abh.Verh.naturw.Ver.Hamburg (N.F.).</em> 11: 101-116.
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dzwillo, M. (1984). Phylogenetic and taxonomic problems in freshwater Oligochaeta with special emphasis on chitinous structures in Tubificinae. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 115: 19-23. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ferraguti, M.; Grassi, G.; Erséus, C. (1989). Different models of tubificid spermatozeugmata. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 180: 73-82. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Galloway, T.W. (1911). The common fresh-water Oligocheta of the United States. <em>Transactions of American Microscopical Society.</em> 30(1): 285-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27094906
page(s): 313 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Goretti, E.; Marcucci, C.; Di Veroli, A.; Fabrizi, A.; Gaino, E. (2014). The tubificids (Annelida, Oligochaeta) of Lake Trasimeno and Lake Piediluco in Central Italy, with a study of SEM morphology of some species. <em>Turkish Journal of Zoology.</em> 38: 334-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1308-40
page(s): 336 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Identification records of Tubifex Tubifex without hairs and only bifid dorsal chaetae (e.g. Brinkhurst, 1982) refer to T.blanchardi [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary [details]

Habitat Normally in calm waters, but can tolerate rough waters. infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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