WoRMS taxon details
Enchytraeus Henle, 1837
137347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137347)
accepted
Genus
Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837 (type by monotypy)
Litorea Cejka, 1913 · unaccepted
- Species Enchytraeus adrianensis Nagy, Dózsa-Farkas & Felföldi, 2023
- Species Enchytraeus albellus Klinth, Erséus & Rota, 2019
- Species Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
- Species Enchytraeus alpestris Bretscher, 1902
- Species Enchytraeus andrasi Nagy, Dózsa-Farkas & Felföldi, 2023
- Species Enchytraeus andrasiformis Nagy, Dózsa-Farkas & Felföldi, 2023
- Species Enchytraeus athecatus H-Z. Wang, Xie & Liang, 1999
- Species Enchytraeus australis Stephenson, 1932
- Species Enchytraeus berhampurosus Dash & Thambi, 1978
- Species Enchytraeus bigeminus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
- Species Enchytraeus bohemicus Dumnicka, 1996
- Species Enchytraeus bonus Shurova, 1978
- Species Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878
- Species Enchytraeus bulbosus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
- Species Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957
- Species Enchytraeus carcinophilus Baylis, 1915
- Species Enchytraeus chaoyangensis Z. Xie, Liang & H-Z. Wang, 2000
- Species Enchytraeus christenseni Dózsa-Farkas, 1992
- Species Enchytraeus coronatus Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
- Species Enchytraeus crypticus Westheide & Graefe, 1992
- Species Enchytraeus demutatus Schmelz, Klinth, Chalkia, Anastasiadou & Vavoulidou, 2019
- Species Enchytraeus dichaetus Schmelz & Collado, 2010
- Species Enchytraeus doerjesi Westheide & Graefe, 1992
- Species Enchytraeus dominicae Dumnicka, 1976
- Species Enchytraeus dudichi Dozsa-Farkas, 1995
- Species Enchytraeus fonteinensis Michaelsen, 1933
- Species Enchytraeus gillettensis Welch, 1914
- Species Enchytraeus globulata Bretscher, 1900
- Species Enchytraeus globuliferus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
- Species Enchytraeus gordioides Černosvitov, 1942
- Species Enchytraeus indicus Stephenson, 1912
- Species Enchytraeus irregularis Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
- Species Enchytraeus issykkulensis Hrabĕ, 1935
- Species Enchytraeus japonensis Nakamura, 1993
- Species Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904
- Species Enchytraeus lacteus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
- Species Enchytraeus liefdeensis Stephenson, 1924
- Species Enchytraeus luxuriosus Schmelz & Collado, 1999
- Species Enchytraeus mariae Kasprzak, 1973
- Species Enchytraeus mediterraneus Michaelsen, 1925
- Species Enchytraeus multiannulatoides Altman, 1936
- Species Enchytraeus multiannulatus Altman, 1936
- Species Enchytraeus norvegicus Abrahamsen, 1969
- Species Enchytraeus ohtakai Torii In Torii, Akagi, Uchino & Kobayashi, 2023
- Species Enchytraeus parasiticus Baylis, 1915
- Species Enchytraeus pellucidus Vejdovsky, 1878
- Species Enchytraeus platys Semernoy, 1973
- Species Enchytraeus przewalskii Hrabĕ, 1935
- Species Enchytraeus rupus Coates, 1980
- Species Enchytraeus sabulosus Southern, 1906
- Species Enchytraeus simulans Benham, 1903
- Species Enchytraeus subitus Nurminen, 1970
- Species Enchytraeus syracussus (Dash & Mitchell, 1981)
- Species Enchytraeus thomasi Rodriguez & Giani, 1986
- Species Enchytraeus turicensis Bretscher, 1899
- Species Enchytraeus variatus Bouguenec & Giani, 1987
- Species Enchytraeus varithecatus Bouguenec & Giani, 1987
- Species Enchytraeus adriaticus Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Marionina adriatica (Vejdovský, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus alaskae Eisen, 1904 accepted as Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus antipodum (Benham, 1905) accepted as Marionina antipodum Benham, 1905 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus aporus Stephenson, 1925 accepted as Marionina apora (Stephenson, 1925) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus appendiculatus Buchholz, 1863 accepted as Buchholzia appendiculata (Buchholz, 1863)
- Species Enchytraeus arenarius Michaelsen, 1889 accepted as Lumbricillus arenarius (Michaelsen, 1889) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus argenteus Michaelsen, 1889 accepted as Marionina argentea (Michaelsen, 1889) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus barcudensis Stephenson, 1915 accepted as Enchytraeus barkudensis Stephenson, 1915 accepted as Stephensoniella marina (Moore, 1902) (lapsus)
- Species Enchytraeus barkudensis Stephenson, 1915 accepted as Stephensoniella marina (Moore, 1902) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus bisetosus Bretscher, 1906 accepted as Euenchytraeus bisetosus Bretscher, 1906 (type-error)
- Species Enchytraeus bisetosus Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Fridericia bisetosa (Levinsen, 1884)
- Species Enchytraeus buchholrii Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878 (type-error)
- Species Enchytraeus buchholzii Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878 (prevailed usage of E. buchholzi)
- Species Enchytraeus callosus (Eisen, 1878) accepted as Fridericia callosa (Eisen, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus capitiatus Bülow, 1957 accepted as Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957 (type-error)
- Species Enchytraeus cavicola Stephenson, 1924 accepted as Hemienchytraeus stephensoni (Cognetti, 1927) (synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus citrinus Eisen, 1904 accepted as Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus cliarensis Southern, 1913 accepted as Marionina cliarensis (Southern, 1913) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus cockerelli Bell, 1947 accepted as Bryodrilus cockerelli (Bell, 1947)
- Species Enchytraeus colpites Stephenson, 1932 accepted as Marionina colpites (Stephenson, 1932) (superseded original combination)
- Species Enchytraeus constrictus Backlund, 1947 accepted as Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837 (synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus crymodes Stephenson, 1922 accepted as Lumbricillus crymodes (Stephenson, 1922)
- Species Enchytraeus cryptosetosus Tynen, 1969 accepted as Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus dicksonii (Eisen, 1878) accepted as Henlea dicksoni (Eisen, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus dubius Stephenson, 1911 accepted as Lumbricillus dubius (Stephenson, 1911) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus durus (Eisen, 1878) accepted as Fridericia dura (Eisen, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus eltoni Stephenson, 1924 accepted as Lumbricillus eltoni (Stephenson, 1924) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus florentinus Bell, 1947 accepted as Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878
- Species Enchytraeus fonteiensis Michaelsen, 1933 accepted as Enchytraeus fonteinensis Michaelsen, 1933 (type-error)
- Species Enchytraeus fucorum Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Enchytraeus humicultor Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
- Species Enchytraeus galba Hoffmeister, 1843 accepted as Fridericia galba (Hoffmeister, 1843)
- Species Enchytraeus galber Hoffmeister, 1843 accepted as Enchytraeus galba Hoffmeister, 1843 accepted as Fridericia galba (Hoffmeister, 1843) (misspelling)
- Species Enchytraeus harurami Stephenson, 1914 accepted as Henlea harurami (Stephenson, 1914)
- Species Enchytraeus hegemon Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Fridericia hegemon (Vejdovský, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus humicultor Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
- Species Enchytraeus krumbachi (Cejka, 1913) accepted as Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837 (synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus leptodera Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Henlea nasuta (Eisen, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus leydigi Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Fridericia leydigi (Vejdovský, 1878)
- Species Enchytraeus leydigii Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Fridericia leydigi (Vejdovský, 1878) (prevailed usage of E. leydigi)
- Species Enchytraeus lobatus Southern, 1909 accepted as Pachydrilus southerni Černosvitov, 1937 accepted as Marionina southerni (Černosvitov, 1937) (homonymy with Pachydrilus lobatus Bretscher, 1899, Marionina lobata (Bretscher, 1899))
- Species Enchytraeus lobifer Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Fridericia lobifera (Vejdovský, 1879) accepted as Fridericia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872)
- Species Enchytraeus macrochaetus Pierantoni, 1901 accepted as Grania macrochaeta (Pierantoni, 1901) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus marina J. Moore, 1902 accepted as Enchytraeus marinus Moore, 1902 accepted as Stephensoniella marina (Moore, 1902) (lapsus)
- Species Enchytraeus marinus Moore, 1902 accepted as Stephensoniella marina (Moore, 1902) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus minutus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961 accepted as Enchytraeus christenseni Dózsa-Farkas, 1992 (Synonymy)
- Species Enchytraeus mobii (Michaelsen, 1885) accepted as Enchytraeus humicultor Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
- Species Enchytraeus modestus Eisen, 1904 accepted as Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus monochaetus Michaelsen, 1888 accepted as Grania monochaeta (Michaelsen, 1888)
- Species Enchytraeus muscicola Stephenson, 1924 accepted as Lumbricillus muscicolus (Stephenson, 1924) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus myrmecophilus Černosvitov, 1930 accepted as Hemienchytraeus stephensoni (Cognetti, 1927) (synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus nasutus (Eisen, 1879) accepted as Henlea nasuta (Eisen, 1878) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus nigrina Bretscher, 1900 accepted as Marionina nigrina (Bretscher, 1900) (superseded original combination)
- Species Enchytraeus nodosus Stephenson, 1911 accepted as Marionina southerni (Černosvitov, 1937) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus pagenstecheri Ratzel, 1869 accepted as Lumbricillus pagenstecheri (Ratzel, 1869) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus parva (Nielsen & Christensen, 1959) accepted as Enchytronia parva Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
- Species Enchytraeus parvulus Bretscher, 1902 accepted as Marionina parvula (Bretscher, 1902) (superseded original combination)
- Species Enchytraeus perrieri Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Fridericia perrieri (Vejdovský, 1878) (Synomym)
- Species Enchytraeus polonicus Dumnicka, 1977 accepted as Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878
- Species Enchytraeus przevalskiji Hrabě, 1934 accepted as Enchytraeus przewalskii Hrabĕ, 1935
- Species Enchytraeus pugetensis Altman, 1936 accepted as Lumbricillus annulatus Eisen, 1904 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus rangoonensis Stephenson, 1931 accepted as Hemienchytraeus stephensoni (Cognetti, 1927) (synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872 accepted as Neoenchytraeus ratzelii (Eisen, 1872) accepted as Fridericia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus saxicola Eisen, 1904 accepted as Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904 (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus sordidus Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Enchytraeus humicultor Vejdovský, 1879 accepted as Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837 (unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus spiculus Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Marionina spicula (Leuckart, 1847) (superseded original combination)
- Species Enchytraeus stephensoni Cognetti, 1927 accepted as Hemienchytraeus stephensoni (Cognetti, 1927)
- Species Enchytraeus striatus Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Fridericia striata (Levinsen, 1884)
- Species Enchytraeus triventralopectinatus Minor, 1863 accepted as Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1784)
- Species Enchytraeus ventriculosus d'Udekem, 1854 accepted as Henlea ventriculosa (d'Udekem, 1854) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus affinis Levinsen, 1884 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus annellatus Kessler, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probably Stylodrilus heringianus (Brinkhurst 1965))
- Species Enchytraeus cavicola Joseph, 1880 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus cordioiles Černosvitov, 1942 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus danicus Vaillant, 1889 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus exiguus Friend, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus flavus Moszyński, 1938 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unassesed)
- Species Enchytraeus fragmentosus Bell, 1958 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus griseus Stephenson, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus hortensis Goodrich, 1896 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus hyalinus (Eisen, 1878) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus jaltensis Czerniavsky, 1868 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus juliformis Kessler, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus latastei Giard, 1894 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus latus Leydig, 1864 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus metlakatlensis Eisen, 1904 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus minimus Bretscher, 1899 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus minutus Tauber, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus moniliformus d'Udekem, 1859 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus montanus Bretscher, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus parvulus Friend, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus pellucidus Friend, 1899 (uncertain > nomen dubium, junior primary homonym to E. pellucidus Vejdovsky, 1877)
- Species Enchytraeus puteanus Vejdovský, 1878 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus silvestris Bretscher, 1900 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus socialis Leidy, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Enchytraeus tenuis Michaelsen, 1886 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus tylidus Barnard, 1932 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Enchytraeus vermicularis (Müller, 1774) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Henle, F.G.J. (1837). Ueber Enchytraeus, eine neue Anneliden-Gattung. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin.</em> 74-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14168147 [details]
Etymology According to Henle (1837) the genus is named for the occurrence of the worms in or associated with the water of flower...
Etymology According to Henle (1837) the genus is named for the occurrence of the worms in or associated with the water of flower pots. The Greek 'chytra' is the name for an earthen pot. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137347 on 2024-05-10
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original description
Henle, F.G.J. (1837). Ueber Enchytraeus, eine neue Anneliden-Gattung. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin.</em> 74-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14168147 [details]
original description (of Litorea Cejka, 1913) Cejka, B. (1913). Litorea krumbachi n. spec. n. gen.–Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der Enchytraeiden. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 17(4): 145-151., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZoologischerAnzeiger_42_0145-0151.pdf [details]
taxonomy source Eisen, G.A. (1879). On the Oligochaeta collected during the swedish expeditions to the arctic regions in the years 1870, 1875 and 1876. <em>Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar.</em> 15(7): 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33813410
page(s): 10; note: Eisen (1879) distinguishes three subgenera in Enchytraeus (Archienchytraeus, Neoenchytraeus and Mesenchytraeus), but in het 1878 Swedish paper he regarded them as separate genera. [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]
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 [request]
additional source Nielsen, C. O.; Christensen, B. (1959). The Enchytraeidae: critical revision and taxonomy of European species (Studies on Enchytraeidae VII). <em>Natura Jutlandica.</em> 8-9: 1-160.
page(s): 89 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 270 [details]
original description (of Litorea Cejka, 1913) Cejka, B. (1913). Litorea krumbachi n. spec. n. gen.–Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der Enchytraeiden. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 17(4): 145-151., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZoologischerAnzeiger_42_0145-0151.pdf [details]
taxonomy source Eisen, G.A. (1879). On the Oligochaeta collected during the swedish expeditions to the arctic regions in the years 1870, 1875 and 1876. <em>Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar.</em> 15(7): 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33813410
page(s): 10; note: Eisen (1879) distinguishes three subgenera in Enchytraeus (Archienchytraeus, Neoenchytraeus and Mesenchytraeus), but in het 1878 Swedish paper he regarded them as separate genera. [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]
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 [request]
additional source Nielsen, C. O.; Christensen, B. (1959). The Enchytraeidae: critical revision and taxonomy of European species (Studies on Enchytraeidae VII). <em>Natura Jutlandica.</em> 8-9: 1-160.
page(s): 89 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 270 [details]
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Etymology According to Henle (1837) the genus is named for the occurrence of the worms in or associated with the water of flower pots. The Greek 'chytra' is the name for an earthen pot. [details]