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Family: Naididae tubificid worms



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205 species (see list below)
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Adelodrilus anisosetosus
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Adelodrilus cooki
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Adelodrilus cristatus
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Adelodrilus fimbriatus
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Adelodrilus inopinatus
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Adelodrilus multispinosus
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Adelodrilus pusillus
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Adelodrilus voraginus
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Ainudrilus geminus
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Ainudrilus gibsoni
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Ainudrilus lutulentus
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Ainudrilus taitamensis
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Aktedrilus cavus
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Aktedrilus cuneus
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Aktedrilus floridensis
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Aktedrilus locyi
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Aktedrilus longitubularis
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Aktedrilus monospermathecus
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Aktedrilus mortoni
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Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Aktedrilus parviprostatus
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Max. Length 0.5 cm TL
 
Aktedrilus parvithecatus
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Aktedrilus sinensis
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Amphichaeta sannio
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Bathydrilus adriaticus
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Bathydrilus asymmetricus
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Bathydrilus atlanticus
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Bathydrilus edwardsi
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Bathydrilus egenus
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Bathydrilus exilis
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Bathydrilus formosus
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Bathydrilus ingens
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Bathydrilus longus
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Bathydrilus rarisetis
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Bathydrilus sandersi
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Bathydrilus vetustus
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Branchiura sowerbyi
[Tubificid worm]
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Chaetogaster diaphanus
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Chaetogaster diastrophus
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Chaetogaster limnaei
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Clitellio arenarius
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Coralliodrilus aequalis
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Coralliodrilus rugosus
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Doliodrilus tener
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Duridrilus piger
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Max. Length 1.6 cm TL
 
Duridrilus tardus
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Gianius eximius
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Heronidrilus bihamis
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Heronidrilus fastigatus
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Heronidrilus gravidis
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Heronidrilus heronae
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Heronidrilus hutchingsae
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Heterochaeta costata
[Sludge-worm]
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Heterodrilus ersei
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Heterodrilus flexuosus
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Heterodrilus keenani
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Heterodrilus modestus
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Heterodrilus occidentalis
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Heterodrilus paucifascis
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Heterodrilus pentcheffi
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Heterodrilus quadrithecatus
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Heterodrilus rarus
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Heterodrilus virilis
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Inanidrilus aduncosetis
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Inanidrilus belizensis
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Inanidrilus bulbosus
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Inanidrilus dutchae
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Inanidrilus leukodermatus
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Inanidrilus mexicanus
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Inanidrilus reginae
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Inanidrilus scalprum
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Isochaeta ovalis
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Jamiesoniella athecata
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Jamiesoniella enigmatica
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Jolydrilus jaulus
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Limnodriloides agnes
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Limnodriloides anxius
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Limnodriloides appendiculatus
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Max. Length 1.6 cm BL
 
Limnodriloides barnardi
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Limnodriloides biforis
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Limnodriloides claviger
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Limnodriloides fraternus
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Limnodriloides fuscus
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Limnodriloides hawaiiensis
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Limnodriloides lateroporus
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Limnodriloides macinnesi
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Limnodriloides medioporus
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Max. Length 1.3 cm BL
 
Limnodriloides monothecus
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Limnodriloides parahastatus
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Limnodriloides pierantonii
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Limnodriloides rubicundus
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Limnodriloides sacculus
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Limnodriloides scandinavicus
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Limnodriloides tenuiductus
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Limnodriloides toloensis
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Limnodriloides uniampullatus
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Limnodriloides victoriensis
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Limnodriloides virginiae
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Limnodrilus cervix
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Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri
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Limnodrilus udekemianus
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Milliganius compactus
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Monopylephorus irroratus
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Monopylephorus parvus
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Monopylephorus rubroniveus
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Nais communis
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Nais elinguis
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Nais variabilis
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Olavius alius
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Olavius finitimus
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Olavius imperfectus
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Olavius longissimus
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Olavius parapellucidus
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Olavius pravus
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Olavius tantulus
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Olavius tenuissimus
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Olavius vacuus
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Ophidonais serpentina
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Pacifidrilus darvelli
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Pacifidrilus vanus
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Paranais botniensis
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Max. Length 0.4 cm TL
 
Paranais frici
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Max. Length 0.5 cm TL
 
Paranais litoralis
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Paupidrilus breviductus
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Pectinodrilus deminutius
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Pectinodrilus disparatus
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Pectinodrilus hoihaensis
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Pectinodrilus molestus
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Pectinodrilus rectisetosus
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Peloscolex benedeni
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Peloscolex heterochaetus
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Peosidrilus biprostatus
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Peosidrilus vicinus
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Phallodriloides macmasterae
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Phallodriloides singularis
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Phallodrilus biparis
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Phallodrilus grasslei
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Phallodrilus parthenopaeus
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Phallodrilus parviatriatus
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Phallodrilus profundus
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Potamothrix bavaricus
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Potamothrix bedoti
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Potamothrix hammoniensis
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Potamothrix moldaviensis
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Potamothrix vejdovskyi
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Pristina sima
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Rhizodrilus russus
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Ripistes parasita
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Rossidrilus terraenovae
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Slavina appendiculata
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Smithsonidrilus appositus
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Smithsonidrilus hummelincki
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Smithsonidrilus involutus
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Smithsonidrilus irregularis
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Smithsonidrilus luteolus
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Smithsonidrilus marinus
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Smithsonidrilus minusculus
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Smithsonidrilus tenuiculus
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Smithsonidrilus tuber
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Max. Length 0.7 cm TL
 
Smithsonidrilus vesiculatus
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Spiridion insigne
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Spiridion modricensis
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Spiridion scrobiculare
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Stylaria lacustris
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Tectidrilus achaetus
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Tectidrilus bori
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Tectidrilus diversus
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Tectidrilus pictoni
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Thalassodrilides briani
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Thalassodrilides bruneti
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Thalassodrilides gurwitschi
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Thalassodrilides ineri
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Thalassodrilus bicki
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Thalassodrilus firmus
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Thalassodrilus klarae
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Torodrilus gelidus
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Torodrilus lowryi
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Tubifex longipenis
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Tubifex nerthus
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Tubifex tubifex
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Tubificoides aculeatus
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Tubificoides amplivasatus
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Tubificoides apectinatus
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Tubificoides bakeri
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Tubificoides benedii
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Tubificoides bermudae
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Tubificoides brownae
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Tubificoides crenacoleus
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Tubificoides cuspisetosus
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Tubificoides diazi
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Tubificoides imajimai
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Tubificoides insularis
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Tubificoides intermedius
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Tubificoides kozloffi
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Tubificoides parviductus
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Tubificoides pseudogaster
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Tubificoides pulvereus
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Tubificoides scoticus
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Tubificoides swirencoides
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Tubificoides wasselli
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Uncinais uncinata
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Uniporodrilus bipartitus
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Uniporodrilus furcatus
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Uniporodrilus nasutus
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Wapsa evelinae
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Wapsa grandis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Adelodrilus anisosetosus 1969
Adelodrilus cooki 1978
Adelodrilus cristatus
Adelodrilus fimbriatus
Adelodrilus inopinatus
Adelodrilus multispinosus
Adelodrilus pusillus 1978
Adelodrilus voraginus
Ainudrilus geminus Northwest Pacific and Wes 1990
Ainudrilus gibsoni Northwest Pacific 1990
Ainudrilus lutulentus Northwest Pacific 1984
Ainudrilus taitamensis Northwest Pacific 1990
Aktedrilus cavus Northwest Pacific 1990
Aktedrilus cuneus Northwest Pacific 1984
Aktedrilus floridensis Northwest Pacific and Wes 1980
Aktedrilus locyi Northwest Pacific 1980
Aktedrilus longitubularis Northwest Pacific and Wes 0.3 TL 1980
Aktedrilus monospermathecus Northwest Pacific and Wes 1935
Aktedrilus mortoni Northwest Pacific 1984
Aktedrilus parviprostatus Western Pacific and South 0.2 TL 1980
Aktedrilus parvithecatus Indo-Pacific and Western 0.5 TL 1978
Aktedrilus sinensis Northwest Pacific 1984
Amphichaeta sannio Northwest Pacific 1892
Bathydrilus adriaticus Circumtropical. 1.1 TL 1971
Bathydrilus asymmetricus Circumtropical.
Bathydrilus atlanticus Circumtropical.
Bathydrilus edwardsi Northwest Pacific 1984
Bathydrilus egenus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Bathydrilus exilis Eastern Central Pacific 1989
Bathydrilus formosus Eastern Central Pacific 1986
Bathydrilus ingens Eastern Central Pacific
Bathydrilus longus Eastern Central Pacific
Bathydrilus rarisetis Eastern Central Pacific 1975
Bathydrilus sandersi Eastern Central Pacific
Bathydrilus vetustus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Branchiura sowerbyi Tubificid worm Asia 1892
Chaetogaster diaphanus Asia 1828
Chaetogaster diastrophus Asia 1828
Chaetogaster limnaei Asia 1827
Clitellio arenarius Northern Atlantic and the 1776
Coralliodrilus aequalis Eastern Central Pacific 1989
Coralliodrilus rugosus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Doliodrilus tener Northwest Pacific 1984
Duridrilus piger Northwest Pacific 1984
Duridrilus tardus Northwest Pacific and Wes 1.6 TL 1983
Gianius eximius Northwest Pacific 1997
Heronidrilus bihamis Western and Eastern Centr 1981
Heronidrilus fastigatus Northwest Pacific 1981
Heronidrilus gravidis Western Central Atlantic 1990
Heronidrilus heronae Eastern Central Pacific 1981
Heronidrilus hutchingsae Northwest Pacific 1990
Heterochaeta costata Sludge-worm Northeast Atlantic 1863
Heterodrilus ersei Western Central Atlantic 1979
Heterodrilus flexuosus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Heterodrilus keenani Indo-Pacific 1981
Heterodrilus modestus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Heterodrilus occidentalis Western Central Atlantic
Heterodrilus paucifascis Western Central Atlantic 1987
Heterodrilus pentcheffi Western Central Atlantic 1981
Heterodrilus quadrithecatus Western Central Atlantic 1981
Heterodrilus rarus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Heterodrilus virilis Northwest Pacific 1992
Inanidrilus aduncosetis Western Central Atlantic 1984
Inanidrilus belizensis Western Central Atlantic 1984
Inanidrilus bulbosus Western Central Atlantic
Inanidrilus dutchae Eastern Central Pacific 1989
Inanidrilus leukodermatus Western Central Atlantic
Inanidrilus mexicanus Western Central Atlantic
Inanidrilus reginae Western Central Atlantic 1990
Inanidrilus scalprum Western Central Atlantic 1984
Isochaeta ovalis Western Central Atlantic 1898
Jamiesoniella athecata Northwest Pacific and Wes 1981
Jamiesoniella enigmatica Northwest Pacific 1990
Jolydrilus jaulus Northwest Pacific 1965
Limnodriloides agnes Northwest Pacific and the 1967
Limnodriloides anxius Western Central Atlantic 1990
Limnodriloides appendiculatus Western Central Atlantic 1904
Limnodriloides barnardi Eastern Pacific and Weste 1.6 BL
Limnodriloides biforis Northwest Pacific 1990
Limnodriloides claviger Eastern Central Pacific 1982
Limnodriloides fraternus Northwest Pacific 1990
Limnodriloides fuscus Northwest Pacific 1984
Limnodriloides hawaiiensis Eastern Central Pacific 1989
Limnodriloides lateroporus Western Pacific 1997
Limnodriloides macinnesi Northwest and Eastern Cen 0.6 TL 1990
Limnodriloides medioporus Northwest and Eastern Cen 1969
Limnodriloides monothecus Circumtropical. 1.3 BL
Limnodriloides parahastatus Indo-West Pacific 1984
Limnodriloides pierantonii Northwest Pacific, Wester 1971
Limnodriloides rubicundus Circumtropical.
Limnodriloides sacculus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Limnodriloides scandinavicus Western Central Atlantic 1892
Limnodriloides tenuiductus Indo-West Pacific 1982
Limnodriloides toloensis Northwest Pacific 0.6 TL 1984
Limnodriloides uniampullatus Western Pacific and Weste 1982
Limnodriloides victoriensis Northeast Pacific
Limnodriloides virginiae Northwest Pacific and Nor 1982
Limnodrilus cervix Northwest Pacific and Nor 1963
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Southwest Pacific and Nor 1862
Limnodrilus udekemianus Southwest Pacific and Nor 1862
Milliganius compactus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Monopylephorus irroratus Western Central Atlantic 1873
Monopylephorus parvus Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 1904
Monopylephorus rubroniveus Northeast Atlantic 1884
Nais communis Northeast Atlantic 1906
Nais elinguis Northeast Atlantic and su 1773
Nais variabilis Northeast Atlantic 1906
Olavius alius Northeast Atlantic
Olavius finitimus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Olavius imperfectus Western Central Atlantic 1984
Olavius longissimus Western Central Atlantic 1979
Olavius parapellucidus Eastern Central Pacific 1989
Olavius pravus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Olavius tantulus Western Central Atlantic 1984
Olavius tenuissimus Western Central Atlantic 1979
Olavius vacuus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Ophidonais serpentina Western Central Atlantic 1773
Pacifidrilus darvelli Northwest Pacific 1984
Pacifidrilus vanus Northwest Pacific 1984
Paranais botniensis Northwest Pacific 1948
Paranais frici Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W 0.4 TL 1941
Paranais litoralis Northeast Atlantic and No 0.5 TL 1784
Paupidrilus breviductus Indo-Pacific 0.3 TL 1990
Pectinodrilus deminutius Western Central Atlantic 1979
Pectinodrilus disparatus Northwest Pacific 1992
Pectinodrilus hoihaensis Northwest Pacific 1992
Pectinodrilus molestus Northwest Pacific and Wes 1988
Pectinodrilus rectisetosus Eastern Central Pacific 1979
Peloscolex benedeni Northeast Atlantic
Peloscolex heterochaetus Northeast Atlantic
Peosidrilus biprostatus Northeast Atlantic
Peosidrilus vicinus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Phallodriloides macmasterae Western Central Atlantic 1986
Phallodriloides singularis Western Central Atlantic 1990
Phallodrilus biparis Western Central Atlantic
Phallodrilus grasslei Western Central Atlantic
Phallodrilus parthenopaeus Western Central Atlantic 1902
Phallodrilus parviatriatus Western Central Atlantic
Phallodrilus profundus Western Central Atlantic
Potamothrix bavaricus Western Central Atlantic 1913
Potamothrix bedoti Asia 1913
Potamothrix hammoniensis Northeast Atlantic 1901
Potamothrix moldaviensis Ponto-Caspian. 1902
Potamothrix vejdovskyi Ponto-Caspian. 1941
Pristina sima Ponto-Caspian. 1944
Rhizodrilus russus Northwest Pacific 1990
Ripistes parasita Europe, North America and 1847
Rossidrilus terraenovae Europe, North America and 1996
Slavina appendiculata Europe, North America and 1855
Smithsonidrilus appositus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Smithsonidrilus hummelincki Western Central Atlantic 1979
Smithsonidrilus involutus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Smithsonidrilus irregularis Western Pacific 1983
Smithsonidrilus luteolus Western Central Atlantic 1983
Smithsonidrilus marinus Western Central Atlantic 1966
Smithsonidrilus minusculus Northwest Pacific 1983
Smithsonidrilus tenuiculus Northwest Pacific 1984
Smithsonidrilus tuber Western Pacific 1983
Smithsonidrilus vesiculatus Northwest Pacific 0.7 TL 1984
Spiridion insigne Northwest Pacific 1935
Spiridion modricensis Northwest Pacific 1973
Spiridion scrobiculare Northwest Pacific
Stylaria lacustris Northeast Atlantic 1767
Tectidrilus achaetus Asia 1985
Tectidrilus bori Western Central Atlantic 1979
Tectidrilus diversus Northeast Pacific
Tectidrilus pictoni Northwest Pacific 1984
Thalassodrilides briani Northwest Pacific 1992
Thalassodrilides bruneti Western Central Atlantic 1990
Thalassodrilides gurwitschi Indo-West Pacific, Wester 1971
Thalassodrilides ineri Western Central Atlantic 1979
Thalassodrilus bicki Western Central Atlantic 1994
Thalassodrilus firmus Western Central Atlantic 1979
Thalassodrilus klarae Western Central Atlantic 1987
Torodrilus gelidus Western Central Atlantic 1996
Torodrilus lowryi Antarctic Atlantic. 1970
Tubifex longipenis Antarctic Atlantic. 1965
Tubifex nerthus Antarctic Atlantic. 1908
Tubifex tubifex Northeast Atlantic 1774
Tubificoides aculeatus Northeast Atlantic 1970
Tubificoides amplivasatus Northeast Atlantic 1975
Tubificoides apectinatus Northeast Atlantic
Tubificoides bakeri Northeast Pacific
Tubificoides benedii Northern Atlantic, Medite 1855
Tubificoides bermudae Western Central Atlantic 1986
Tubificoides brownae Northeast Pacific
Tubificoides crenacoleus Northeast Pacific 1983
Tubificoides cuspisetosus Northeast Pacific 1983
Tubificoides diazi Northeast Pacific
Tubificoides imajimai Northwest Pacific 1985
Tubificoides insularis Northwest Pacific 1922
Tubificoides intermedius Northwest Pacific 1969
Tubificoides kozloffi Northwest Pacific 1983
Tubificoides parviductus Western Central Atlantic 1987
Tubificoides pseudogaster Western Central Atlantic 1960
Tubificoides pulvereus Eastern Central Pacific 1989
Tubificoides scoticus Eastern Central Pacific 1985
Tubificoides swirencoides Eastern Central Pacific 1985
Tubificoides wasselli Northeast Pacific
Uncinais uncinata Northeast Pacific 1842
Uniporodrilus bipartitus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Uniporodrilus furcatus Northwest Pacific 1992
Uniporodrilus nasutus Western Central Atlantic 1990
Wapsa evelinae Western Central Atlantic 1965
Wapsa grandis Western Central Atlantic



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