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

Monopylephorus parvus Ditlevsen, 1904

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monopylephorus*	Levinsen, 1884	accepted genus name
*Postiodrilus*	Boldt, 1926	generic synonym
*Vermiculus*	Goodrich, 1892	generic synonym

Literature

original description	Ditlevsen, A. (1904). Studien an Oligochäten. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 77: 398-480 + plates XVI-XVII.
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	Marcus, Er. (1965). Naidomorpha aus brasilianischem Brackwasser. Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna. 4(2): 61-83.
additional source	Moore, J. P. (1905). Some marine oligochaeta of New England. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 57: 373-399.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. African Zoology. 2(2): 131-166.
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	Baker, H.R.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). A revision of the genus Monopylephorus and redefinition of the subfamilies Rhyacodrilinae and Branchiurinae (Tubificidae: Oligochaeta). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 59(6): 939-965.
additional source	Erséus, C. (1990). Marine Oligochaeta of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: 259-335.
additional source	Milligan, M.R. (1996). Identification manual for the aquatic Oligochaeta of Florida. Volume II. Estuarine and nearshore marine oligochaetes. Florida Departement of Environmental protection, Division of Water Facilities, Tallahasse, Florida, U.S.A. 239pp.
additional source	Friend, H. (1912). Some Annelids of the Thames Valley. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 32(213): 95-106.
additional source	Finogenova, N.P. (1982). Revision of the genus Monopylephorus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 61(1): 5-17.
additional source	Friend, H. (1912). British Tubificidae. Journal of the Royal microscopical society. p265-293.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
additional source	Erséus, C. (1984). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Hong Kong and Southern China. Asian Marine Biology. 1: 135-175.
additional source	Erséus, C. (1999). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from a mangrove habitat in Kenya. Tropical Zoology. 12:137-143.
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. Monopylephorus parvus Ditlevsen, 1904. 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:137550