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 Phallodrilus

Phallodrilus parthenopaeus Pierantoni, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phallodrilus*	Pierantoni, 1902	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Pierantoni, U. (1902). Due nuovi generi di Oligocheti marini rinvenuti nel Golfo di Napoli. Boll. Soc. Nat. Napoli. 16: 113-117.
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	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	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.
redescription	Erséus, C. (1987). Seven new marine species of Phallodrilus (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from various parts of Europe, and a re-examination of the type species P. parthenopaeus (Pierantoni). Journal of Natural History. 21(4): 915-931.
redescription	Erseus, C. (1980). Redescriptions of Phallodrilus parthenopaeus Pierantoni and P. obscurus Cook (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Zoologica Scripta. 9: 93-96.
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. Phallodrilus parthenopaeus Pierantoni, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137539