MSBIAS taxon details
Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774)
238751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238751)
accepted
Species
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(of ) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238751 on 2026-05-18
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238751 on 2026-05-18
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(of ) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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): 13 [details] Available for editors
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): 59 [details] Available for editors
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1903). Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung IV. Oligochaeten. <em>Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst.</em> 19(2), 169-210.
page(s): 172 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 116:195-230.
page(s): 206 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. <em>Fragmenta Faunistika.</em> 18(21): 405-434., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/43840/WA058_50692_P256-T18_Frag-Faun-Nr-21.pdf
page(s): 408 [details] Available for editors
additional source Yu, Jiefeng; Zhou, Tingting; Wang, Hongzhu; Cui, Yongde. (2022). First Record of Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773) (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in China: The Occurrence or Absence of Needles Are Intraspecific Differences. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(4): 265., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/4/265
note: New record for China from specimens from the Xinkai River in Zhejiang Province [details]
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): 305 [details]
additional source Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). <em>DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg.</em> 380pp + Appendix.
page(s): 121\ [details] Available for editors
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Piguet, E.; Bretscher, K. (1913). Catalogue des intvertébrés de la Suisse 7: Oligochetes. <em>Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve.</em> 215pp.
page(s): 22 [details]
new combination reference Gervais, Paul. (1838). Note sur la disposition systématique des Annélides chétopodes de la famille des <i>Naïs</i>. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 5(1): 13-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009244
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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): 13 [details] Available for editors
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): 59 [details] Available for editors
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1903). Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung IV. Oligochaeten. <em>Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst.</em> 19(2), 169-210.
page(s): 172 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 116:195-230.
page(s): 206 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. <em>Fragmenta Faunistika.</em> 18(21): 405-434., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/43840/WA058_50692_P256-T18_Frag-Faun-Nr-21.pdf
page(s): 408 [details] Available for editors
additional source Yu, Jiefeng; Zhou, Tingting; Wang, Hongzhu; Cui, Yongde. (2022). First Record of Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773) (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in China: The Occurrence or Absence of Needles Are Intraspecific Differences. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(4): 265., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/4/265
note: New record for China from specimens from the Xinkai River in Zhejiang Province [details]
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): 305 [details]
additional source Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). <em>DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg.</em> 380pp + Appendix.
page(s): 121\ [details] Available for editors
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Piguet, E.; Bretscher, K. (1913). Catalogue des intvertébrés de la Suisse 7: Oligochetes. <em>Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve.</em> 215pp.
page(s): 22 [details]
new combination reference Gervais, Paul. (1838). Note sur la disposition systématique des Annélides chétopodes de la famille des <i>Naïs</i>. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 5(1): 13-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009244
page(s): 19 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophidonais serpentina)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106402)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophidonais serpentina)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106402)
To ITIS
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