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

Peloscolex Leidy, 1852

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: nom. dub.

Literature

original description	Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5 (1850-1851): 124-126.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). A contribution to the taxonomy of the Tubificinae (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94(4):1048-1067.
additional source	Timm,. T. (2004). Oligochaeta checklist for ERMS2.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) supplement. International Review of Hydrobiology. 51(5): 727-742.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
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.
taxonomy source	Holmquist, Charlotte. (1978). Revision of the genus Peloscolex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). 1. Morphological and anatomical scrutiny; with discussion on the generic level. Zoologica scripta. 7:187-208.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Peloscolex Leidy, 1852. 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:160056