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 irroratus (Verrill, 1873)

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

Species group names

*Postiodrilus sonderi*	Boldt, 1926	subjective synonym
*Clitellio irroratus*	Verrill, 1873	synonym
*Monopylephorus trichochaetus*	Ditlevsen, 1904	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: spiraalhaarmelkworm

Literature

basis of record	BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
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. (1971). The aquatic Oligochaeta known from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the adjacent islands. Papers Dep Zool Univ Queensland. 3(8): 99-128.
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. (1962). A check-list of British Oligochaeta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 138(2): 317-330.
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	Finogenova, N.P. (1982). Revision of the genus Monopylephorus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 61(1): 5-17.
additional source	van Haaren, T. (2016). Oligochaeten van brakke en zoute wateren in Nederland (Annelida:Oligochaeta). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 46:115-164.
source of synonymy	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.
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 irroratus (Verrill, 1873). 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:416510

Tarmo Timm. Monopylephorus irroratus (Verrill, 1873). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/920404d2-6827-48e6-9506-f0402adbf110