WoRMS taxon details
Fridericia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872)
154880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154880)
accepted
Species
Enchytraeus lobifer Vejdovský, 1879 · unaccepted
Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Fridericia antarctica Beddard, 1894 · unaccepted
Fridericia beddardi Bretscher, 1900 · unaccepted
Fridericia belgica Černosvitov, 1936 · unaccepted
Fridericia californica Eisen, 1904 · unaccepted
Fridericia canadensis Dash, 1972 · unaccepted
Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005 · unaccepted
Fridericia lobifera (Vejdovský, 1879) · unaccepted
Fridericia macgregori Eisen, 1904 · unaccepted
Fridericia ratzeli beddardi Bretscher, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fridericia rotunda Friend, 1913 · unaccepted
Fridericia sacculata Bell, 1936 · unaccepted
Fridericia tenera F. Smith & Welch, 1913 · unaccepted
Fridericia uniampullata Backlund, 1946 · unaccepted
Fridericia whatcomae Altman, 1936 · unaccepted
Neoenchytraeus ratzelii (Eisen, 1872) · unaccepted
marine
(of Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872) Eisen, G. (1872). Om nagra arktiska Oligochaeter. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 29(1): 119-124 + Plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59627609
page(s): 123 [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Fridericia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154880 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872) Eisen, G. (1872). Om nagra arktiska Oligochaeter. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 29(1): 119-124 + Plate 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59627609
page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Fridericia canadensis Dash, 1972) Dash, M. C. (1972). New Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from the Penny Forest soil of British Columbia, Canada. <em>Annales Zoologici Fennici.</em> pp. 15-16. [details]
original description (of Fridericia whatcomae Altman, 1936) Altman, L. C. (1936). Oligochaeta of Washington. <em>University of Washington.</em> 4(1): 1-137. [details]
original description (of Fridericia antarctica Beddard, 1894) Beddard, F.E. (1894). Some new or little known Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 12: pp. 30-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26239036
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Fridericia beddardi 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): 29 [details]
original description (of Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005) Dozsa-Farkas, K. (2005). Fridericia eiseni sp. n., a new enchytraeid species close to Fridercia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872). <em>Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology, Ecology.</em> 54: 279-291. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Fridericia macgregori Eisen, 1904) Eisen, G. A. (1904). Enchytræidæ of the west coast of North America. <em>Harriman Alaska expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. Vol. XII, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York.</em> 1-166., available online at https://archive.org/details/harrimanalaskase12harrrich/page/n19/mode/2up
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Fridericia californica Eisen, 1904) Eisen, G. A. (1904). Enchytræidæ of the west coast of North America. <em>Harriman Alaska expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. Vol. XII, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York.</em> 1-166., available online at https://archive.org/details/harrimanalaskase12harrrich/page/n19/mode/2up
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Fridericia uniampullata Backlund, 1946) Backlund, H.O. (1946). Swedish Enchytraida I, with anatomical remarks, and with notes on three Lumbricidae. <em>Kungl. Fysiogr. Sallsk. Handl.</em> 57(13): 1-24 + PL.1,2. [details]
original description (of Enchytraeus lobifer Vejdovský, 1879) Vejdovský, F. (1879). Beiträge zur vergleichenden Morphologhie der Anneliden. I.Monographie der Enchytraeiden. <em>Verlag von F. Tempsky, Prag.</em> 62pp + 14 Plates., available online at https://ia800304.us.archive.org/32/items/beitrgezurverg00vejd/beitrgezurverg00vejd.pdf
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Fridericia tenera F. Smith & Welch, 1913) Smith, F.; Welch, P. S. (1913). Some new Illinois Enchytraeidae. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History.</em> 9: 615-636., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8614807
page(s): 620 [details]
original description (of Fridericia belgica Černosvitov, 1936) Cernosvitov, L. (1936). Oligochètes cavernicoles (2ème série). <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 12(21): 1-13. [details]
original description (of Fridericia rotunda Friend, 1913) Friend, H. (1913). Annelid Hunting in Notts. Second paper. <em>Report and Transactions of Notts Naturalists' Society.</em> 60:50-64.
page(s): 62 [details]
basis of record 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
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basis of record Nurminen, M. (1964). Lumbricillus fennicus sp. n. and some other enchytraeids (Oligochaeta) from Finland. <em>In Annales Zoologici Fennici. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board.</em> 1(1): 48-51. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 123 [details]
original description (of Fridericia canadensis Dash, 1972) Dash, M. C. (1972). New Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from the Penny Forest soil of British Columbia, Canada. <em>Annales Zoologici Fennici.</em> pp. 15-16. [details]
original description (of Fridericia whatcomae Altman, 1936) Altman, L. C. (1936). Oligochaeta of Washington. <em>University of Washington.</em> 4(1): 1-137. [details]
original description (of Fridericia antarctica Beddard, 1894) Beddard, F.E. (1894). Some new or little known Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 12: pp. 30-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26239036
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Fridericia beddardi 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): 29 [details]
original description (of Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005) Dozsa-Farkas, K. (2005). Fridericia eiseni sp. n., a new enchytraeid species close to Fridercia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872). <em>Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology, Ecology.</em> 54: 279-291. [details] Available for editors

original description (of Fridericia macgregori Eisen, 1904) Eisen, G. A. (1904). Enchytræidæ of the west coast of North America. <em>Harriman Alaska expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. Vol. XII, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York.</em> 1-166., available online at https://archive.org/details/harrimanalaskase12harrrich/page/n19/mode/2up
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Fridericia californica Eisen, 1904) Eisen, G. A. (1904). Enchytræidæ of the west coast of North America. <em>Harriman Alaska expedition with cooperation of Washington Academy of Sciences. Alaska. Vol. XII, Doubleday, Page & Co, New York.</em> 1-166., available online at https://archive.org/details/harrimanalaskase12harrrich/page/n19/mode/2up
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Fridericia uniampullata Backlund, 1946) Backlund, H.O. (1946). Swedish Enchytraida I, with anatomical remarks, and with notes on three Lumbricidae. <em>Kungl. Fysiogr. Sallsk. Handl.</em> 57(13): 1-24 + PL.1,2. [details]
original description (of Enchytraeus lobifer Vejdovský, 1879) Vejdovský, F. (1879). Beiträge zur vergleichenden Morphologhie der Anneliden. I.Monographie der Enchytraeiden. <em>Verlag von F. Tempsky, Prag.</em> 62pp + 14 Plates., available online at https://ia800304.us.archive.org/32/items/beitrgezurverg00vejd/beitrgezurverg00vejd.pdf
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Fridericia tenera F. Smith & Welch, 1913) Smith, F.; Welch, P. S. (1913). Some new Illinois Enchytraeidae. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History.</em> 9: 615-636., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8614807
page(s): 620 [details]
original description (of Fridericia belgica Černosvitov, 1936) Cernosvitov, L. (1936). Oligochètes cavernicoles (2ème série). <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 12(21): 1-13. [details]
original description (of Fridericia rotunda Friend, 1913) Friend, H. (1913). Annelid Hunting in Notts. Second paper. <em>Report and Transactions of Notts Naturalists' Society.</em> 60:50-64.
page(s): 62 [details]
basis of record 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

basis of record Nurminen, M. (1964). Lumbricillus fennicus sp. n. and some other enchytraeids (Oligochaeta) from Finland. <em>In Annales Zoologici Fennici. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board.</em> 1(1): 48-51. [details] Available for editors

Identification resource
identification resource
Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna.</em> 21: 1-127. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Nurminen, M. (1970). Records of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from the west coast of Greenland. <em>In Annales Zoologici Fennici. Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo.</em> 199-209. [details]
additional source Southern, Rowland. (1909). Contributions towards a monograph of the British and Irish Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 27: 119-182 + plates VII-XI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34885013
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Ude, H. (1901). Die arktischen Enchyträiden und Lumbriciden, sowie die geographische Verbreitung dieser Familien. <em>Fauna arctica : eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898.</em> 2(1): 1-34 + Plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2120475
page(s): 6, 14 [details]
additional source Radu, V.Gh.; Stefan, V. (1967). Contributii la studiul enchytreidelor din sol (I). <em>Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Biologia.</em> 12(1): 119-122.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors
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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): 347 [details]
additional source Bretscher, K. (1900). Südschweizerische Oligochaeten. <em>Rev. Suisse Zool.</em> 8: 435-458., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971986
page(s): 453 [details]
additional source Bretscher, K. (1899). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 6: 369-426., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10340800
page(s): 406 [details]
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): 86 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Southern, Rowland. (1909). Contributions towards a monograph of the British and Irish Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 27: 119-182 + plates VII-XI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34885013
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Ude, H. (1901). Die arktischen Enchyträiden und Lumbriciden, sowie die geographische Verbreitung dieser Familien. <em>Fauna arctica : eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898.</em> 2(1): 1-34 + Plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2120475
page(s): 6, 14 [details]
additional source Radu, V.Gh.; Stefan, V. (1967). Contributii la studiul enchytreidelor din sol (I). <em>Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Biologia.</em> 12(1): 119-122.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors

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): 347 [details]
additional source Bretscher, K. (1900). Südschweizerische Oligochaeten. <em>Rev. Suisse Zool.</em> 8: 435-458., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971986
page(s): 453 [details]
additional source Bretscher, K. (1899). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 6: 369-426., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10340800
page(s): 406 [details]
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): 86 [details] Available for editors






To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fridericia eiseni) (from synonym Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fridericia ratzeli)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005)
To PESI (from synonym Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fridericia eiseni) (from synonym Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fridericia ratzeli)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Fridericia eiseni Dózsa-Farkas, 2005)
To PESI (from synonym Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872)
To PESI
To ITIS