WoRMS taxon details
Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871)
475838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475838)
accepted
Species
Clitellio monticola (Eisen, 1879) · unaccepted
Limnodrilus helveticus Piguet, 1913 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Limnodrilus udekemianus var. ruzskyi Svetlov, 1946 · unaccepted
Tubifex profundicola Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted
recent only
(of Tubifex profundicola Verrill, 1871) Smith, S.I.; Verrill, A.E. (1871). Notice of the Invertebrata dredged in Lake Superior in 1871 by the U.S. Lake Survey under the direction of Gen. C.B. Comstock, S.I. Smith, naturalist. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts, 3rd series.</em> 2(12): 448-454., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113397 [details] 
Note Lake Superior, USA
Type locality Lake Superior, USA [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475838 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Limnodrilus helveticus Piguet, 1913) Piguet, E. (1913). Notes sur les Oligochetes. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 21(4): 111-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.37153 [details]
original description (of Tubifex profundicola Verrill, 1871) Smith, S.I.; Verrill, A.E. (1871). Notice of the Invertebrata dredged in Lake Superior in 1871 by the U.S. Lake Survey under the direction of Gen. C.B. Comstock, S.I. Smith, naturalist. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts, 3rd series.</em> 2(12): 448-454., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113397 [details]
original description (of Tubifex profundicola Verrill, 1871) Smith, S.I.; Verrill, A.E. (1871). Notice of the Invertebrata dredged in Lake Superior in 1871 by the U.S. Lake Survey under the direction of Gen. C.B. Comstock, S.I. Smith, naturalist. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts, 3rd series.</em> 2(12): 448-454., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113397 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fend, S. V.; Liu, Y.; Steinmann, D.; Giere, O.; Barton, H. A.; Luiszer, F.; Erseus, C. (2016). Limnodrilus sulphurensis n. sp., from a sulfur cave in Colorado, USA, with notes on the morphologically similar L. <em>profundicola (Clitellata, Naididae, Tubificinae). Zootaxa.</em> 4066(4): 451-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.6 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Schelde)
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hiltunen, J. K. (1967). Some oligochaetes from Lake Michigan. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 433-454.
page(s): 439 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cui, Y.; He, X.; Peng, Y.; Wang, H. (2015). Records of Naididae and Lumbriculidae (Clitellata) from Tibet, China, with description of a new species of <em>Nais</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3956(4): 513-530., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.4
page(s): 526 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pfannkuche, O. (1977). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen an naidomorphen Oligochaeten brackiger und Iimnischer Biotope. <em>Dissertation, Universität Hamburg.</em> 138pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dzwillo, M. (1966). Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung der Tubificidenfauna im Bereich des Hamburger Hafens. <em>Abh.Verh.naturw.Ver.Hamburg (N.F.).</em> 11: 101-116.
page(s): 111 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lee, J.; Jung, J. (2014). Four Unrecorded Species of Tubificid Oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) in Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 30(4): 240-247., available online at https://doi.org/10.5635/ased.2014.30.4.240
page(s): 241 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
page(s): 130 [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): 165 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hiltunen, J. K. (1967). Some oligochaetes from Lake Michigan. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 433-454.
page(s): 439 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cui, Y.; He, X.; Peng, Y.; Wang, H. (2015). Records of Naididae and Lumbriculidae (Clitellata) from Tibet, China, with description of a new species of <em>Nais</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3956(4): 513-530., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.4
page(s): 526 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pfannkuche, O. (1977). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen an naidomorphen Oligochaeten brackiger und Iimnischer Biotope. <em>Dissertation, Universität Hamburg.</em> 138pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dzwillo, M. (1966). Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung der Tubificidenfauna im Bereich des Hamburger Hafens. <em>Abh.Verh.naturw.Ver.Hamburg (N.F.).</em> 11: 101-116.
page(s): 111 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lee, J.; Jung, J. (2014). Four Unrecorded Species of Tubificid Oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) in Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 30(4): 240-247., available online at https://doi.org/10.5635/ased.2014.30.4.240
page(s): 241 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
page(s): 130 [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): 165 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Lake Superior, USA [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Limnodrilus helveticus Piguet, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limnodrilus profundicola)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 046230) (from synonym Tubifex profundicola Verrill, 1871)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Limnodrilus helveticus Piguet, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limnodrilus profundicola)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 046230) (from synonym Tubifex profundicola Verrill, 1871)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
