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Chaetogaster langi Bretscher, 1896
137479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137479)
accepted
Species
Chaetogaster spongillae Annandale, 1906 · unaccepted
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Bretscher K. (1896). Die Oligochaeten von Zürich in systematischer und biologischer Hinsicht. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 3: 499–532., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971406 [details] 
Note Described from material collected in a peaty...
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Type locality Described from material collected in a peaty pool near Katzensee, Zürich, Switzerland [details]
Etymology named for his teacher Prof. A. Lang, Zürich
Etymology named for his teacher Prof. A. Lang, Zürich [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Chaetogaster langi Bretscher, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137479 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Bretscher K. (1896). Die Oligochaeten von Zürich in systematischer und biologischer Hinsicht. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 3: 499–532., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971406 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster spongillae Annandale, 1906) Annandale, N. (1906). Notes on the freshwater Fauna of India. V - Some animals found associated with <i>Spongilla carteri</i> in Calcutta. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 2(5): 187-196 + Plate I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31502683 [details]
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster spongillae Annandale, 1906) Annandale, N. (1906). Notes on the freshwater Fauna of India. V - Some animals found associated with <i>Spongilla carteri</i> in Calcutta. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 2(5): 187-196 + Plate I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31502683 [details]
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Vivien, R.; Lafont, M.; Issartel, C.; Ferrari, B. J. D.; Martin, P. (2024). The Genus <i>Chaetogaster</i> Baer, 1827 (Annelida, Clitellata) in Switzerland: A First Step toward Cataloguing Its Molecular Diversity and Description of New Species on a DNA Sequence Basis. <em>Biology.</em> 13(9): 693., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13090693
page(s): 11; note: This article designates DNA sequences (COI, 28S and ITS2) as diagnostic molecular characters of the species. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 11; note: This article designates DNA sequences (COI, 28S and ITS2) as diagnostic molecular characters of the species. [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna.</em> 21: 1-127. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bretscher, K. (1900). Mitteilungen über die Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8(1): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971552
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Piguet, E.; Bretscher, K. (1913). Catalogue des intvertébrés de la Suisse 7: Oligochetes. <em>Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve.</em> 215pp.
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>African Zoology.</em> 2(2): 131-166.
page(s): 133 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chen, C. (1940). Taxonomy and faunal relations of the limnitic Oligochaeta of China. <em>Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Zool.</em> 14: 1-131.
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marcus, E. (1943). Sôbre Naididae do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia, Sciencias e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo. Zoologia.</em> 7(7): 3., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1943.125211
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Černosvitov, L. (1938). Oligochaeta. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 4(38). <em>Mem.Mus.natn.Hist.nat, Paris.</em> 8:255-318.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Harman, W. J. (1974). The Naididae (Oligochaeta) of Surinam. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 133: 1-36.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 116:195-230.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liang, Y. (1979). Studies on the aquatic Oligochaeta of China. III. Aquatic Oligochaeta of the Huama Lake. <em>Oceanol. Limnol. Sin.</em> 10: 273-281.
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lafont, Michel. (1981). Redescription de <i>Chaetogaster parvus</i> Pointner, 1914 (Oligochaeta, Naididae) avec quelques remarques sur la validité de cette espèce et sa répartition dans les eaux douces françaises. <em>Annales de Limnologie.</em> 17(3): 211-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/1981013
page(s): 216 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Galloway, T.W. (1911). The common fresh-water Oligocheta of the United States. <em>Transactions of American Microscopical Society.</em> 30(1): 285-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27094906
page(s): 306 [details]
additional source Ercolini, A. (1969). Su Alcuni Aeolosomatidae e Naididae Della Somalia (Oligochaeta, Microdrili). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> N.S. Suppl. III (2): 9-36.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ercolini, A. (1970). Notizie sistematiche sopra I Naididae della Somalia (Oligochaeta, Microdrili). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> N.S. Suppl. III (13): 273-308., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1970.10736770
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Bretscher, K. (1900). Mitteilungen über die Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8(1): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971552
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Piguet, E.; Bretscher, K. (1913). Catalogue des intvertébrés de la Suisse 7: Oligochetes. <em>Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve.</em> 215pp.
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>African Zoology.</em> 2(2): 131-166.
page(s): 133 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chen, C. (1940). Taxonomy and faunal relations of the limnitic Oligochaeta of China. <em>Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Zool.</em> 14: 1-131.
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marcus, E. (1943). Sôbre Naididae do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia, Sciencias e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo. Zoologia.</em> 7(7): 3., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-4877.bsffclzoologia.1943.125211
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Černosvitov, L. (1938). Oligochaeta. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 4(38). <em>Mem.Mus.natn.Hist.nat, Paris.</em> 8:255-318.
page(s): 268 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Harman, W. J. (1974). The Naididae (Oligochaeta) of Surinam. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 133: 1-36.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 116:195-230.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liang, Y. (1979). Studies on the aquatic Oligochaeta of China. III. Aquatic Oligochaeta of the Huama Lake. <em>Oceanol. Limnol. Sin.</em> 10: 273-281.
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lafont, Michel. (1981). Redescription de <i>Chaetogaster parvus</i> Pointner, 1914 (Oligochaeta, Naididae) avec quelques remarques sur la validité de cette espèce et sa répartition dans les eaux douces françaises. <em>Annales de Limnologie.</em> 17(3): 211-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/1981013
page(s): 216 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Galloway, T.W. (1911). The common fresh-water Oligocheta of the United States. <em>Transactions of American Microscopical Society.</em> 30(1): 285-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27094906
page(s): 306 [details]
additional source Ercolini, A. (1969). Su Alcuni Aeolosomatidae e Naididae Della Somalia (Oligochaeta, Microdrili). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> N.S. Suppl. III (2): 9-36.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ercolini, A. (1970). Notizie sistematiche sopra I Naididae della Somalia (Oligochaeta, Microdrili). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> N.S. Suppl. III (13): 273-308., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1970.10736770
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
