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Haplotaxidae Michaelsen, 1900

AphiaID

1039997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039997)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843

Parent

Haplotaxida

Original name

Haplotaxidae Michaelsen, 1900

Synonymised names

Phreoryctidae Claus, 1872 · unaccepted (As Haplotaxis is the type genus,...)

As Haplotaxis is the type genus, the family name should be Haplotaxidae according to article 35.3 of ICZN

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Genus Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843
Genus Dichaeta Friend, 1896 accepted as Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843
Genus Georyctes Schlotthauber, 1860 accepted as Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843
Genus Haplolumbriculus Omodeo (in litt.): Omodeo, 1958 accepted as Villiersidrilus Omodeo in Martin et al., 2021 accepted as Omodeodrilus Kammerer, 2006 (name in litteris not proposed for the purposes of nomenclature, not available under Article 8.3 ICZN)
Genus Lumbricogordius von Heyden in Anonymous, 1873 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Nemodrilus Claparède, 1862 accepted as Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843
Genus Phreoryctes Hoffmeister, 1845 accepted as Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843 (junior synonym)
Genus Phreoryctus Forbes, 1890 accepted as Haplotaxis Hoffmeister, 1843 (pro Phreoryctes Hoffmeister, 1845, the latter genus invalidated)
Genus Villiersia Omodeo, 1987 accepted as Omodeodrilus Kammerer, 2006 (preoccupied, junior homonym of Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837)
Genus Villiersidrilus Omodeo in Martin et al., 2021 accepted as Omodeodrilus Kammerer, 2006 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Michaelsen, W. (1900). Das Tierreich. Vermes, Oligochaeta. Friedländer & Sohn Berlin, Germany. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/911092
page(s): 107 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Haplotaxidae Michaelsen, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039997 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-10-18 09:32:25Z

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Martin, Patrick

2023-07-19 13:04:57Z

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van Haaren, Ton

2024-12-03 01:05:00Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Michaelsen, W. (1900). Das Tierreich. Vermes, Oligochaeta. Friedländer & Sohn Berlin, Germany. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/911092
page(s): 107 [details]

original description (of Phreoryctidae Claus, 1872) Claus, C. (1872). Grundzüge der Zoologie. Zum Gebrauche an Universitäten und höheren Lehranstalten sowie zum Selbststudium (zweite vermehrte Auflage) [Fundamentals of Zoology. For use in universities and higher educational institutions as well as for self-study (second enlarged edition)]. N.G. Elwert'sche Universitäts-Buchhandlung, Marburg und Leipzig. 1-1170. [Annelida 340-388; Copepoda 409-432]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/905258
page(s): 361 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Martin, Patrick; Fend, Steven; Martinsson, Svante; Klinth, Mårten; Torii, Takaaki; Erséus, Christer. (2024). Towards an integrative revision of Haplotaxidae (Annelida: Clitellata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (4: zlae141): 1-38., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/202/4/zlae141/7914509 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Martin, P.; Martinez-Ansemil, E.; Pinder, A.; Timm T.; Wetzel, M. J. (2016). World checklist of freshwater Oligochaeta species. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/12 [details]