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

Tubifex nerthus Michaelsen, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tubifex*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Michaelsen, W. (1908). Zur Kenntnis der Tubificiden. Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte Berlin. 74(1): 129-162.
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	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1962). A check-list of British Oligochaeta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 138(2): 317-330.
additional source	Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik). 66: 425-512.
additional source	Hagen, G. (1951). Vergleichende ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen der eulitoralen Oligochaetenfauna in Süsswasser-, Brackwasser- und Meeresgebieten Schleswig-Holsteins. Dissertation Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 84.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). On the Types of Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) Described by W. Michaelsen and Others in the Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg. Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst. 78: 7-17.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
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. Tubifex nerthus Michaelsen, 1908. 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:137568

Tarmo Timm. Tubifex nerthus Michaelsen, 1908. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/95af42af-a317-48de-a5bb-5f2a7201e6be