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Enchytraeidae d'Udekem, 1855

2038  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2038)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Oligochaeta (Subclass)
  6. Enchytraeida (Order)
  7. Enchytraeidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Enchytraeus Henle, 1837 (type by monotypy)

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  1. Genus Achaeta Vejdovský, 1878
  2. Genus Aspidodrilus Baylis, 1914
  3. Genus Barbidrilus Loden & Locy, 1980
  4. Genus Bryodrilus Ude, 1892
  5. Genus Buchholzia Michaelsen, 1886
  6. Genus Cernosvitoviella Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
  7. Genus Christensenidrilus Dózsa-Farkas & Convey, 1998
  8. Genus Claparedrilus Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2017
  9. Genus Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
  10. Genus Decimodrilus Dózsa-Farkas, Nagy, Felföldi & Hong, 2019
  11. Genus Enchylea Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
  12. Genus Enchytraeina von Bülow, 1957
  13. Genus Enchytraeus Henle, 1837
  14. Genus Enchytronia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
  15. Genus Euenchytraeus Bretscher, 1906
  16. Genus Fridericia Michaelsen, 1889
  17. Genus Globulidrilus Christensen & Dózsa-Farkas, 2012
  18. Genus Grania Southern, 1913
  19. Genus Guaranidrilus Černosvitov, 1937
  20. Genus Hemienchytraeus Černosvitov, 1934
  21. Genus Hemifridericia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
  22. Genus Henlea Michaelsen, 1889
  23. Genus Isosetosa Xu, D-M. Zhang & J-M. Jiang, 1989
  24. Genus Lumbricillus Ørsted, 1844
  25. Genus Marionina Michaelsen in Pfeffer, 1890
  26. Genus Mesenchytraeus Eisen, 1878
  27. Genus Neoenchytraeus Eisen, 1878
  28. Genus Oconnorella Rota, 1995
  29. Genus Paralumbricillus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
  30. Genus Pelmatodrilus J.P. Moore, 1943
  31. Genus Randidrilus Coates & Erséus, 1985
  32. Genus Sinenchytraeus Liang & Hsü, 1979
  33. Genus Stephensoniella Cernosvitov, 1934
  34. Genus Stercutus Michaelsen, 1888
  35. Genus Tupidrilus Righi, 1974
  36. Genus Xetadrilus Schmelz, Collado & Römbke, 2011
  37. Genus Chamaedrilus Friend, 1913 accepted as Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 (Cognettia given precedence over Chamaedrilus and Euenchytraeus when they are considered synonyms (ICZN 2018).)
  38. Genus Halodrillus Verrill, 1873 accepted as Enchytraeus Henle, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, monotypic species is Enchytraeus)
  39. Genus Michaelseniella Černosvitov, 1934 accepted as Henlea Michaelsen, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Genus Edmondiella Delphy, 1919 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 539, 546; note: as Famille Enchytrées [details] 
Traits (2025). Enchytraeidae d'Udekem, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2038 on 2025-09-12
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Enchytraeidae d'Udekem, 1855. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2038 on 2025-09-12
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-07-18 12:31:08Z
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2010-05-11 06:10:54Z
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van Haaren, Ton
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 539, 546; note: as Famille Enchytrées [details] 

taxonomy source Černosvitov, L. (1937). System der Enchytraeiden. <em>Bull Ass. Russe Rech. Prague Sci.</em> Volume: 5 Issue: (34): 263-295. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Schmelz, Rüdiger M.; Collado, Rut. (2012). An updated checklist of currently accepted species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). <em>Landbauforschung. VTI Agriculture and forestry research. Special Issue.</em> 357: 67–87., available online at https://www.thuenen.de/media/publikationen/landbauforschung-sonderhefte/lbf_sh357.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Schmelz, Rüdiger M.; Collado, Rut. (2015). Checklist of taxa of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta): an update. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 87(2): 149–152., available online at http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=17834&PHPSESSID=mdhe4g3h8qgdsshaa050ukffg6 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Erséus, C.; Rota, E.; Matamoros, L.; De Wit, P. (2010). Molecular phylogeny of Enchytraeidae (Annelida, Clitellata). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57(2): 849-858., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.005 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Degtyarev, Maksim I.; Lebedev, Iurii M.; Kuznetsova, Ksenia G.; Gongalsky, Konstantin B. (2020). A history of study and new records of terrestrial enchytraeids (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) from the Russian Far East. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 955: 79-96., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423782/pdf/zookeys-955-079.pdf
note: Checklist for Russian Far East [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881 (for year 1880)). Materialia Ad Zoographiam Ponticam Comparatam. Fasciculum III. Vermes [first part of 3]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 55(4): 213-363 + 2 Plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34420731
page(s): 313 [details] OpenAccess publication

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): 308 [details] 

additional source Claus, C. (1876). Grundzüge der Zoologie. (Third edition) [Principles of Zoology]. <em>N.G. Elwertsche Verlagsuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig.</em> 1-1254. (vol.1. incl. Annelides p.394-421, Copepoda p.465-480, vol.2 Mollusca),., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11954#/summary
page(s): 420 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 31: 1-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16207584
page(s): 14; note: as Famille des Enchytricidées [details] 

identification resource Schmelz, Rüdiger M.: Collado, Rut. (2010). A guide to European terrestrial and freshwater species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 82(1): 1-176., available online at http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/soilorganisms/volume_82_1/artikel_r_m-schmelz.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enchytraeidae) 
To Genbank 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 072286) 
To ITIS
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