WoRMS taxon details
Rhyacodrilus falciformis Bretscher, 1901
1040596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1040596)
accepted
Species
Ilyodrilus filiformis Ditlevsen, 1904 · unaccepted
Meganympha pachydriloides Friend, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhyacodrilus lemani Piguet, 1906 · unaccepted
Taupodrilus lemani (Piguet, 1906) · unaccepted
- Variety Rhyacodrilus falciformis var. pigueti Juget, 1967 accepted as Rhyacodrilus pigueti Achurra & Martinsson, 2013 (unaccepted > unavailable name, a new name published after 1960 expressly as a ‘variety’ is considered to be infrasubspecific and as such does not formally exist (ICZN 1999: §15.2))
Bretscher, K. (1901). Beobachtungen über Oligochaeten den Schweiz. <em>Rev. Suisse Zool.</em> 9: 189-223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9761920
page(s): 205 [details]
page(s): 205 [details]
Note Described from material Bretscher collected at...
Type locality Described from material Bretscher collected at Fürstenalp (Switzerland), bach und brunnentrog (brook and fountain trough) [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Bretscher, K. (1901). Beobachtungen über Oligochaeten den Schweiz. <em>Rev. Suisse Zool.</em> 9: 189-223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9761920
page(s): 205 [details]
original description (of Rhyacodrilus lemani Piguet, 1906) Piguet, E. (1906). Oligochetes de la Suisse Francaise. <em>Revue Suise de Zoologie.</em> 14: 389-403., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9972632
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Ilyodrilus filiformis Ditlevsen, 1904) 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): 408 [details]
original description (of Meganympha pachydriloides Friend, 1911) Friend, H. (1911). Altitude and Animal development. <em>Nature.</em> 88(2194): 78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18571582
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record Martin, P.; Martinez-Ansemil, E.; Pinder, A.; Timm T.; Wetzel, M. J. (2016). World checklist of freshwater Oligochaeta species. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/12 [details]
page(s): 205 [details]
original description (of Rhyacodrilus lemani Piguet, 1906) Piguet, E. (1906). Oligochetes de la Suisse Francaise. <em>Revue Suise de Zoologie.</em> 14: 389-403., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9972632
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Ilyodrilus filiformis Ditlevsen, 1904) 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): 408 [details]
original description (of Meganympha pachydriloides Friend, 1911) Friend, H. (1911). Altitude and Animal development. <em>Nature.</em> 88(2194): 78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18571582
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record Martin, P.; Martinez-Ansemil, E.; Pinder, A.; Timm T.; Wetzel, M. J. (2016). World checklist of freshwater Oligochaeta species. <em>World Wide Web electronic publication.</em> , available online at http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/12 [details]
Other
additional source
Brinkhurst, R.O. (1978). Freshwater Oligochaeta in Canada. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> Volume: 56 Issue: 10 p: 2166-2175., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-292
page(s): 2174 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cernosvitov, L. (1942). Oligochaeta from Various Parts of the World. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 111: 197-236.
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bretscher, K. (1903). Beobachtungen über die Oligochaeten der Schweiz VII Folge. <em>Revue Suisse Zool.</em> 11(1):1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9763161
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source Timm, T.; Erséus, C.; Lundberg, S. (1996). New and unusual records of freshwater oligochaeta from the Scandinavian Peninsula. <em>Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research.</em> 72:15-29., available online at https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/48949
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hrabě, S. (1935). Uber Moraviodrilus pygmaeus n. g. n. sp., Rhyacodrilus falciformis Br., Ilyodrilus bavaricus Oschm. und Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum St. <em>Spisy vyddavane Prirodovedeckou Fakultou Masarykovy Univversity, Brno.</em> (209): 1-19.
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors [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): 199 [details] Available for editors [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): 279 [details]
additional source Martinsson, S.; Achurra, A.; Svensson, M.; Erséus, C. (2013). Integrative taxonomy of the freshwater worm Rhyacodrilus falciformis s. l. (Clitellata: Naididae), with the description of a new species. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(6): 612-622., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12032 [details] Available for editors [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): 57 [details]
additional source Hagen, G. (1951). Vergleichende ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen der eulitoralen Oligochaetenfauna in Süsswasser-, Brackwasser- und Meeresgebieten Schleswig-Holsteins. <em>Dissertation Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel.</em>
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 2174 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cernosvitov, L. (1942). Oligochaeta from Various Parts of the World. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 111: 197-236.
page(s): 213 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bretscher, K. (1903). Beobachtungen über die Oligochaeten der Schweiz VII Folge. <em>Revue Suisse Zool.</em> 11(1):1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9763161
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source Timm, T.; Erséus, C.; Lundberg, S. (1996). New and unusual records of freshwater oligochaeta from the Scandinavian Peninsula. <em>Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research.</em> 72:15-29., available online at https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/48949
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hrabě, S. (1935). Uber Moraviodrilus pygmaeus n. g. n. sp., Rhyacodrilus falciformis Br., Ilyodrilus bavaricus Oschm. und Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum St. <em>Spisy vyddavane Prirodovedeckou Fakultou Masarykovy Univversity, Brno.</em> (209): 1-19.
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
[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): 199 [details] Available for editors
[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): 279 [details]
additional source Martinsson, S.; Achurra, A.; Svensson, M.; Erséus, C. (2013). Integrative taxonomy of the freshwater worm Rhyacodrilus falciformis s. l. (Clitellata: Naididae), with the description of a new species. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 42(6): 612-622., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12032 [details] Available for editors
[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): 57 [details]
additional source Hagen, G. (1951). Vergleichende ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen der eulitoralen Oligochaetenfauna in Süsswasser-, Brackwasser- und Meeresgebieten Schleswig-Holsteins. <em>Dissertation Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel.</em>
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Described from material Bretscher collected at Fürstenalp (Switzerland), bach und brunnentrog (brook and fountain trough) [details]
