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

Naidinae Ehrenberg, 1831

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

*Chaetogastrinae*	Sperber, 1948	synonym

Children

Amphichaeta Tauber, 1879
Blanonais Gervais, 1838
Chaetogaster von Baer, 1827
Nais Müller, 1774
Ophidonais Gervais, 1838
Paranais Czerniavsky, 1881
Ripistes Dujardin, 1842
Slavina Vejdovský, 1884
Stylaria Lamarck, 1816
Uncinais Levinsen, 1884
Vejdovskyella Michaelsen, 1903

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828).
basis of record	Timm,. T. (2004). Oligochaeta checklist for ERMS2.
taxonomy source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1985). The generic and subfamilial classification of the Naididae (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 98(2): 470-475.
identification resource	Harman, W. J. (1974). The Naididae (Oligochaeta) of Surinam. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 133: 1-36.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Naidinae Ehrenberg, 1831. 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:176043