WoRMS taxon details
Spiridion Knöllner, 1935
137380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137380)
accepted
Genus
Spiridion insigne Knöllner, 1935 (type by monotypy)
Rhizodriloides Juget, 1987 · unaccepted
- Species Spiridion insigne Knöllner, 1935
- Species Spiridion modricensis (Hrabĕ, 1973)
- Species Spiridion scrobicularae Lastoćkin, 1937 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Spiridion scrobiculare Lastočkin, 1937 accepted as Spiridion scrobicularae Lastoćkin, 1937 (lapsus calami)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Spiridion Knöllner, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137380 on 2026-08-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. <em>Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik).</em> 66: 425-512. (look up in IMIS)
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original description (of Rhizodriloides Juget, 1987) Juget, J. (1987). Contribution to the study of the Rhyacodrilinae (Tubificidae, Oligochaeta), with description of two new stygobiont species from the alluvial plain of the French upper Rhone, Rhyacodrilus amphigenus, sp. n. and Rhizodriloides phreaticola, g.n, sp. n. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 155(1): 107-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00025635 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 IMIS) [details]
page(s): 471, 475 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rhizodriloides Juget, 1987) Juget, J. (1987). Contribution to the study of the Rhyacodrilinae (Tubificidae, Oligochaeta), with description of two new stygobiont species from the alluvial plain of the French upper Rhone, Rhyacodrilus amphigenus, sp. n. and Rhizodriloides phreaticola, g.n, sp. n. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 155(1): 107-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00025635 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Erséus, C.; Giani, N.; Rodriguez, P. (1992). The taxonomy of Spiridion Knollner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with a redescription of Spiridion phreaticola (Juget, 1987) comb. n. <em>Stygologia.</em> 7(2):77-83. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Erséus, C. (1992). A generic revision of the Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 21(1): 5-48., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00308.x/abstract [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Erséus, C. (1979). Re-examination of the marine genus Spiridion Knöllner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 64(3): 183-187., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1979.10411380
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
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[request]additional source Erséus, C. (1979). Re-examination of the marine genus Spiridion Knöllner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 64(3): 183-187., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1979.10411380
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
