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 Spiridion

Spiridion insigne Knöllner, 1935

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spiridion*	Knöllner, 1935	accepted genus name
*Rhizodriloides*	Juget, 1987	generic synonym

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	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	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 117 (4):117-172.
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.
redescription	Erséus, C. (1979). Re-examination of the marine genus Spiridion Knöllner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Sarsia. 64(3): 183-187.
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. Spiridion insigne 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:137543

Tarmo Timm. Spiridion insigne Knöllner, 1935. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f807292d-378e-42d0-825e-1fa5e377c72f