WoRMS taxon details

Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774)

137569  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137569)

accepted
Species
Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Nais filiformis [auct. mistaken attribution to Williams, 1852] · unaccepted > misapplication (misapplied attribution of N....)  
misapplied attribution of N. filiformis Blainville 1825 to Williams, 1852
Nais tubifex (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Saenuris tubifex (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Taupodrilus fontaneus (Pointner, 1914) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex alpinus Bretscher, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex fontaneus Pointner, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex rivulorum Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tubifex tubifex f. tubifex (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh
(of Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. <em>Havniæ et Lipsiæ.</em> Vol. 1, Pars Ima: 1-136 [1773]; Pars Altera: 1-72 + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig), Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary  
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137569 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. <em>Havniæ et Lipsiæ.</em> Vol. 1, Pars Ima: 1-136 [1773]; Pars Altera: 1-72 + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig), Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Tubifex alpinus Bretscher, 1900) Bretscher, K. (1900). Mitteilungen über die Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8(1): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971552
page(s): 13 [details]   

original description  (of Tubifex rivulorum Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, <b>Tome troisième</b> [in full: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent]. <em>[book series].</em> 586 pp. Paris: Deterville/Verdière., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 225 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Tubifex fontaneus Pointner, 1914) Pointner, Hermann. (1914). Über einige neue Oligochaeten der Lunzer–Seen. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde.</em> 9: 606–618.
page(s): 607; note: as Tubifex (Tubifex) fontaneus [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Tubifex tubifex heterochaeta Černosvitov, 1926) Černosvitov, L. (1926). Eine neue Variation des Tubifex tubifex Müll. <em>Zool. Anz.</em> 65: 321-323. [details]   

taxonomy source Chapman, P.M.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Setal morphology of the oligochaetes Tubifex tubifex and Ilyodrilus frantzi (capillatus) as revealed SEM. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(2): 323-327., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595790 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[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 IMIS[details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Marchese, M. (1987). A contribution to the taxonomy of the aquatic Oligochaeta (Haplotaxidae, Phreodrilidae, Tubificidae) of South America. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 65: 3154-3165.
page(s): 3154 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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): 19, 22 [details]   

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.
page(s): 123 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>African Zoology.</em> 2(2): 131-166.
page(s): 145 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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): 149 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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): 422 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Erséus, Christer. (1992). Groundwater and marine intertidal Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Canary and Cabo Verde Islands, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 62(2): 63-70., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/504640 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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): 291 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Snimschikova, L. N. (1985). Tubifitsidy (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) severnogo Baikala (= Tubificids (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) of northern Lake Baikal). <em>Bespozvonochnye i ryby (Invertebrates and Fishes). Nauka, Novosibirsk.</em> 39-61. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1962). A check-list of British Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 138(2): 317-330., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb05701.x
page(s): 326 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Peng, Yu; Wang, Hongzhu; Yongde, Cui. (2017). Four species of Tubifex Lamarck (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Naididae) from Tibet. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4320(2): 366–378., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.10 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971). The aquatic Oligochaeta known from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers Dep Zool Univ Queensland.</em> 3(8): 99-128., available online at https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300496/QL1_U7_1971_v3no8.pdf
page(s): 110 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Holmquist, C. (1983). What is Tubifex tubifex (O.F. Muller) (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae)?. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(3): 187-201. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hrabĕ, S. (1939). Vodni Oligochaeta z Vysokych Tater. <em>Věst. Česk. Zool. Spol.</em> 6-7: 209-236., available online at http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/knav/view/uuid:6b9eee0f-d5cf-4e7b-bb7b-7919f93e3889?page=uuid:c2b21a7f-9064-4405-afd5-1cb9f5120a12
page(s): 222 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Marcus, E. (1942). Sabre algumas Tubificidae do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia.</em> 6(6):153-228 + Plates I-XII.
page(s): 198 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Piguet, E. (1919). Wasserbewohnende Oligochaeten der nord-schwedischen Hochgebirge. <em>Naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen des Sarekgebirges in Schwedisch-Lappland.</em> 4(7): 779-804.
page(s): 791 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Crottini, A.; Marotta, R.; Barbuto, M.; Casiraghi, M.; Ferraguti, M. (2008). The world in a river? A preliminary analysis of the 16S rDNA variability of Tubifex species (Clitellata: Tubificidae) from the Lambro River. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 48(3): 1189-1203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.012 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Dzwillo, M. (1966). Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung der Tubificidenfauna im Bereich des Hamburger Hafens. <em>Abh.Verh.naturw.Ver.Hamburg (N.F.).</em> 11: 101-116.
page(s): 109 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Dzwillo, M. (1984). Phylogenetic and taxonomic problems in freshwater Oligochaeta with special emphasis on chitinous structures in Tubificinae. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 115: 19-23. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Ferraguti, M.; Grassi, G.; Erséus, C. (1989). Different models of tubificid spermatozeugmata. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 180: 73-82. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Galloway, T.W. (1911). The common fresh-water Oligocheta of the United States. <em>Transactions of American Microscopical Society.</em> 30(1): 285-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27094906
page(s): 313 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Identification records of Tubifex Tubifex without hairs and only bifid dorsal chaetae (e.g. Brinkhurst, 1982) refer to T.blanchardi [details]

From other sources
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary [details]

Habitat Normally in calm waters, but can tolerate rough waters. infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch gewone slingerworm  [details]
English sludge wormsewage wormriver worm  [details]
German Gemeiner SchlammröhrenwurmGemeiner BachröhrenwurmBachwurm  [details]