Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida > Family Enchytraeidae > Genus Mesenchytraeus

Mesenchytraeus armatus (Levinsen, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesenchytraeus*	Eisen, 1878	accepted genus name
*Analycus*	Levinsen, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Analycus armatus*	Levinsen, 1884	synonym

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	Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. [Book]. 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
additional source	Healy, B. (1979). Records of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) in Ireland. Journal of Life Sciences of the Royal Dublin Society. 1: 39-70.
additional source	Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. Fragmenta Faunistika. 18(21): 405-434.
additional source	Nurminen, M. (1970). Records of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from the west coast of Greenland. In Annales Zoologici Fennici. Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo. 199-209.
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. Mesenchytraeus armatus (Levinsen, 1884). 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:416520

Dr. Emilia Rota. Mesenchytraeus armatus (Levinsen, 1884). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f471e609-39e6-49c2-8fd9-33bfd61e54f4