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

Aktedrilus monospermathecus Knöllner, 1935

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aktedrilus*	Knöllner, 1935	accepted genus name
*Bacescuella*	Hrabe, 1973	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zandkustworm

Literature

original description	Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik). 66: 425-512.
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	Erséus, C.; Kossmagk-Stephan, K.J. (1982). A new species of Aktedrilus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) from the North Sea Coast of the Federal Republic of Germany. Zool. Anz., Jena. 209 (1/2):91-96.
additional source	van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 46:115-164.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
additional source	Hrabĕ, S. (1960). Oligochaeta limicola from the collection of Dr. S. Husmann. Spisy Prirodovedecke Fakulty Universita v Brne. 415: 245-277.
additional source	Giere, O. (1983). Morphology and fine structure of two marine tubificids (Oligochaeta), closely related to the gutless Phallodrilus spp. Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen. 36: 231-241.
additional source	Cook, D.G,. (1969). The Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) of Cape Cod Bay with a taxonomic revision of the genera Phallodrilus Pierantoni, 1902, Limnodriloides Pierantoni, 1903 and Spiridion Knollner, 1935. The Biological Bulletin 136. 136:9-27.
additional source	Lasserre, P.; Erseus, C. (1976). Oligochètes marins des Bermudes. Nouvelles espèces et remarques sur la distribution géographique de quelques Tubificidae et Enchytraeidae. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 17: 447-462
additional source	Bülow, T. V. (1955). Oligochaeten aus den Endgebieten der Schlei. Kieler Meeresforsch. 11(2): 253-264.
redescription	Erseus, C. (1980). Taxonomic studies on the marine genera Aktedrilus Knöllner and Bacescuella Hrabe (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with descriptions of seven new species. Zoologica Scripta. 9:97-111.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Aktedrilus monospermathecus Knöllner, 1935. 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:137507