Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Subclass Tubificata > Order Tubificida > Suborder Tubificina > Superfamily Tubificoidea > Family Naididae

Limnodriloidinae Erséus, 1982

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Limnodriloides Pierantoni, 1903
Smithsonidrilus Brinkhurst, 1966
Tectidrilus Erséus, 1982
Thalassodrilides Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979

Literature

original description	Erséus, C. (1982). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Verhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF). 25: 207-277.
basis of record	Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 231-234
additional source	Finogenova, N.P. (1986). On Diagnostic characters of subfamilies in the family Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) [O diagnosticheskikh priznakakh podsemeistv semeistva Tubificidae (Oligochaeta)]. Zoologicheskiy zhurnal. 65(2):194-202.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Limnodriloidinae Erséus, 1982. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137341