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Tubifex  Lamarck, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 68622

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): aquatic oligochaete worm [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassClitellata   
                   SubclassTubificata   
                      OrderTubificida Brinkhurst, 1982 – aquatic oligochaete worm  
                         FamilyNaididae Ehrenberg, 1828 – aquatic oligochaete worm  
                            SubfamilyTubificinae Vejdovský, 1876 – aquatic oligochaete worm  
                               GenusTubifex Lamarck, 1816 – aquatic oligochaete worm  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Tubifex ignotus (Stolc, 1886) – aquatic oligochaete worm 
                                  Species Tubifex nerthus Michaelsen, 1908 – aquatic oligochaete worm 
                                  Species Tubifex newaensis (Michaelsen, 1903) – aquatic oligochaete worm 
                                  Species Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774) – aquatic oligochaete worm 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Mark J. Wetzel  
  Notes: Oligochaetologist and Curator/Collections Manager of the INHS Annelida Collection, Illinois Natural History Survey, Forbes Natural History Building, MC-652, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61801 USA   
  Reference for: Tubifex    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes 2013, website (version 2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Wetzel, M.J., R.D. Kathman, S.V. Fend, and K.A. Coates. 2013. Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes occurring in North America north of Mexico. World Wide Web URL: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/people/mjwetzel/fwoligonachecklist   
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Source: Classification and Checklist of the Freshwater Oligochaetes..., website (version 31-Oct-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Wetzel, M.J., R.D. Kathman, S.V. Fend, and K.A. Coates. 2007. Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes occurring in North America north of Mexico. World Wide Web URL: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/people/mjwetzel/fwoligonachecklist   
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brinkhurst, R. O., and H. R. Baker  
  Publication Date: 1979   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of North America   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Canadian Journal of Zoology, vol. 57, no. 8   
  Page(s): 1553-1569   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0009-4301   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brinkhurst, Ralph O.  
  Publication Date: 1965   
  Article/Chapter Title: Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. II: Tubificidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 117, no. 4   
  Page(s): 117-172   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brinkhurst, Ralph O. / Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Barrie G. M. Jamieson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1971   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 8: Family Tubificidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World   
  Page(s): 444-625   
  Publisher: Oliver and Boyd, University of Toronto Press   
  Publication Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8020-1833-5   
  Notes: out of print   
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Holmquist, Charlotte  
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Revision of the Genera of Tubifex Lamarck, Ilyodrilus Eisen, and Potamothrix Vejdovský & Mrázek (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Extensions to Some Connected Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologische Jahrbücher: Abteilung für Sytematik Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, vol. 112, no. 3   
  Page(s): 311-366   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0044-5193   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine Leclercq de Monte, Chevalier de  
  Publication Date: 1816   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ordre Troisième: Vers Hispides   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 3   
  Page(s): 221-234   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13300765   
  Reference for: Tubifex   
       

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