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Tubificidae
AphiaID: 2040

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Oligochaeta (Subclass) > Haplotaxida (Order) > Tubificina (Suborder)

Authority

Vejdovský, 1884

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Family

Parent

Tubificina

Source

basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Direct child
taxa

Subfamily Branchiurinae
Subfamily Limnodriloidinae
Subfamily Naidinae
Subfamily Phallodrilinae
Subfamily Rhyacodrilinae
Subfamily Tubificinae
Subfamily Nootkadrilinae accepted as Phallodrilinae

Environment

marine

Feedingtypes

deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]

Links

To GenBank
To ITIS

Note

Nomenclature: The subfamily Naidinae is here treated as a subfamily among the Family Tubificidae, which is correct in phylogenetical sense. However, the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature suppressed the name Tubificidae as being a junior synonym of Naididae. In real life, the transferring all other, "former tubificid" subfamilies to Naididae looks impractical. Even more so, as many other higher taxa of oligochaetes remain conditional, I prefer to temporarily ignore the ICZN rule. [details]

Edit
history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	db_admin
2005-07-22 07:57:48Z	checked	Timm, Tarmo
2010-05-11 06:10:54Z	changed	Timm, Tarmo

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Citation: Timm, T. (2010). Tubificidae. In: Fauchald, K. (Ed) (2010). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2040 on 2010-09-08

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