ERMS taxon details
Enchytraeus Henle, 1837
137347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137347)
accepted
Genus
Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837 (type by monotypy)
- Species Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
- Species Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878
- Species Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957
- Species Enchytraeus christenseni Dózsa-Farkas, 1992
- Species Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904
- Species Enchytraeus lacteus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
- Species Enchytraeus liefdeensis Stephenson, 1924
- Species Enchytraeus mediterraneus Michaelsen, 1925
- Species Enchytraeus sabulosus Southern, 1906
- Species Enchytraeus thomasi Rodriguez & Giani, 1986
- Species Enchytraeus arenarius Michaelsen, 1889 accepted as Lumbricillus arenarius (Michaelsen, 1889) accepted as Paralumbricillus arenarius (Michaelsen, 1889) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus argenteus Michaelsen, 1889 accepted as Marionina argentea (Michaelsen, 1889) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus dubius Stephenson, 1911 accepted as Lumbricillus dubius (Stephenson, 1911) accepted as Paralumbricillus dubius (Stephenson, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- 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 macrochaetus Pierantoni, 1901 accepted as Grania macrochaeta (Pierantoni, 1901) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus minutus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961 accepted as Enchytraeus christenseni Dózsa-Farkas, 1992 (Synonymy)
- Species Enchytraeus muscicola Stephenson, 1924 accepted as Lumbricillus muscicolus (Stephenson, 1924) accepted as Paralumbricillus muscicolus (Stephenson, 1924) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Enchytraeus nasutus (Eisen, 1879) accepted as Henlea nasuta (Eisen, 1878) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus pagenstecheri Ratzel, 1869 accepted as Lumbricillus pagenstecheri (Ratzel, 1869) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus perrieri Vejdovský, 1878 accepted as Fridericia perrieri (Vejdovský, 1878) (Synomym)
- Species Enchytraeus ratzeli Eisen, 1872 accepted as Neoenchytraeus ratzelii (Eisen, 1872) accepted as Fridericia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872) (Synonym)
- Species Enchytraeus spiculus Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Marionina spicula (Leuckart, 1847) (superseded original combination)
- Species Enchytraeus striatus Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Fridericia striata (Levinsen, 1884)
- Species Enchytraeus ventriculosus d'Udekem, 1854 accepted as Henlea ventriculosa (d'Udekem, 1854) (Synonym)
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] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137347 on 2025-05-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137347 on 2025-05-01
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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]
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 RoR) [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors
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
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]
identification resource Bell, A.W. (1958). The Anatomy of the Oligochaete Enchytraeus albidus, with a Key to the Species of the Genus Enchytraeus. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1902: 1-13. [details] Available for editors
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 RoR) [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 RoR) [details] Available for editors
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
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]
identification resource Bell, A.W. (1958). The Anatomy of the Oligochaete Enchytraeus albidus, with a Key to the Species of the Genus Enchytraeus. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1902: 1-13. [details] Available for editors
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