WoRMS taxon details
Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774)
238751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238751)
accepted
Species
Nais reckei (Floericke, 1892) · unaccepted
Nais serpentina Müller, 1774 · unaccepted
Ophidonais reckei Floericke, 1892 · unaccepted
Ophidonais serpentina meridionalis Piguet, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Serpentina quadristriata Örsted, 1842 · unaccepted
Slavina serpentina (Müller, 1774) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Ophidonais serpentina meridionalis Piguet, 1906 accepted as Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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(of Nais serpentina Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Müller's work is in two volumes ("Voluminis primi" and "Voluminis alterum"). The first volume consists of two parts, "Pars...
Taxonomic remark Müller's work is in two volumes ("Voluminis primi" and "Voluminis alterum"). The first volume consists of two parts, "Pars prima", published in 1773, and "Pars Altera", published in 1774. The second volume was published in 1774.The reference to Nais serpentina is made in the second part of the first volume, so in 1774 not in 1773 as mentioned in Sperber (1948). The latter author is moreover at the origin of this confusion for several other species described in Müller (1774) and not 1773 . [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238751 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophidonais reckei Floericke, 1892) Floericke, C. (1892). Vorläufige Mitteilung über einige anscheinend neue Naidomorphen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15: 468-470., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741361
page(s): 470 [details]
original description (of Serpentina quadristriata Örsted, 1842) Örsted, A.S. (1842). Conspectus generum specierumque Naidum ad faunam Danicam pertinentium. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Kobenhavn.</em> 4: 128-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322848
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Nais serpentina Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]
original description (of Ophidonais serpentina meridionalis Piguet, 1906) Piguet, E. (1906). Observations sur les Naïdidées et révision systématique de quelques espèces de cette famille. <em>Revue suisse de zoologie.</em> 14: 185-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9972426
page(s): 190 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
new combination reference Gervais, Paul. (1838). Note sur la disposition systématique des Annélides chétopodes de la famille des <i>Naïs</i>. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 5(1): 13-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009244
page(s): 19 [details]
page(s): 470 [details]
original description (of Serpentina quadristriata Örsted, 1842) Örsted, A.S. (1842). Conspectus generum specierumque Naidum ad faunam Danicam pertinentium. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Kobenhavn.</em> 4: 128-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322848
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Nais serpentina Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. <em>[Book].</em> Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344 [details]
original description (of Ophidonais serpentina meridionalis Piguet, 1906) Piguet, E. (1906). Observations sur les Naïdidées et révision systématique de quelques espèces de cette famille. <em>Revue suisse de zoologie.</em> 14: 185-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9972426
page(s): 190 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
new combination reference Gervais, Paul. (1838). Note sur la disposition systématique des Annélides chétopodes de la famille des <i>Naïs</i>. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 5(1): 13-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009244
page(s): 19 [details]
Other
additional source
Hagen, G. (1951). Vergleichende ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen der eulitoralen Oligochaetenfauna in Süsswasser-, Brackwasser- und Meeresgebieten Schleswig-Holsteins. <em>Dissertation Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel.</em>
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. <em>Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci.</em> 84.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1903). Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung IV. Oligochaeten. <em>Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst.</em> 19(2), 169-210.
page(s): 172 [details]
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): 206 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. <em>Fragmenta Faunistika.</em> 18(21): 405-434., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/43840/WA058_50692_P256-T18_Frag-Faun-Nr-21.pdf
page(s): 408 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yu, Jiefeng; Zhou, Tingting; Wang, Hongzhu; Cui, Yongde. (2022). First Record of Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773) (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in China: The Occurrence or Absence of Needles Are Intraspecific Differences. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(4): 265., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/4/265
note: New record for China from specimens from the Xinkai River in Zhejiang Province [details]
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): 305 [details]
additional source Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). <em>DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg.</em> 380pp + Appendix.
page(s): 121\ [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 11 [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): 22 [details]
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. <em>Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci.</em> 84.
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michaelsen, W. (1903). Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung IV. Oligochaeten. <em>Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst.</em> 19(2), 169-210.
page(s): 172 [details]
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): 206 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. <em>Fragmenta Faunistika.</em> 18(21): 405-434., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/miiz/Content/43840/WA058_50692_P256-T18_Frag-Faun-Nr-21.pdf
page(s): 408 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yu, Jiefeng; Zhou, Tingting; Wang, Hongzhu; Cui, Yongde. (2022). First Record of Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773) (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in China: The Occurrence or Absence of Needles Are Intraspecific Differences. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(4): 265., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/4/265
note: New record for China from specimens from the Xinkai River in Zhejiang Province [details]
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): 305 [details]
additional source Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). <em>DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg.</em> 380pp + Appendix.
page(s): 121\ [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 11 [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): 22 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Müller's work is in two volumes ("Voluminis primi" and "Voluminis alterum"). The first volume consists of two parts, "Pars prima", published in 1773, and "Pars Altera", published in 1774. The second volume was published in 1774.The reference to Nais serpentina is made in the second part of the first volume, so in 1774 not in 1773 as mentioned in Sperber (1948). The latter author is moreover at the origin of this confusion for several other species described in Müller (1774) and not 1773 . [details]
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophidonais serpentina)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106402)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophidonais serpentina)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106402)
To ITIS
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