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Chaetogaster limnaei von Baer, 1827
157590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157590)
accepted
Species
Chaetogaster furcatus Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted
Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei von Baer, 1827 · alternative representation
Chetogaster furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1831) · unaccepted > superseded combination (type-error of genus-name)
Chetogaster linnei Gervais, 1838 · unaccepted (unassessed)
Matzia heterodactyla Vogt, 1841 · unaccepted (type-error op the genus)
Mutzia heterodactyla Vogt, 1841 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Chaetogaster limnaei australis Davies, 1913
- Subspecies Chaetogaster limnaei bengalensis Annandale, 1905
- Subspecies Chaetogaster limnaei vaghini Gruffydd, 1965
- Subspecies Chaetogaster limnaei victoriensis Davies, 1913
- Subspecies Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei von Baer, 1827 represented as Chaetogaster limnaei von Baer, 1827
recent only
von Baer, K. E. (1827). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der niedern Thiere. <em>Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum, Bonn.</em> 13 (2): 523–762. + Plate XXIX-XXX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37002791
page(s): Plate XXIX fig 23-24; note: No description of this species only of the genus.The species epithet only turns up in the figure 23-24 [details]
page(s): Plate XXIX fig 23-24; note: No description of this species only of the genus.The species epithet only turns up in the figure 23-24 [details]
Note It is unclear where von Baer got his snail and...
Type locality It is unclear where von Baer got his snail and worm material from, but since he was teaching in Königsberg around that time (1817-1834) and had also published his article in Königsberg, it is obvious that the material came from the former Prussian Empire, now located in Kaliningrad. [details]
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland; New England
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland; New England [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Chaetogaster limnaei von Baer, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157590 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
von Baer, K. E. (1827). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der niedern Thiere. <em>Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum, Bonn.</em> 13 (2): 523–762. + Plate XXIX-XXX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37002791
page(s): Plate XXIX fig 23-24; note: No description of this species only of the genus.The species epithet only turns up in the figure 23-24 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster furcatus Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, <i>Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt</i>. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): footnote; note: The name C. furcatus only appears in the text and not in the plates, so this should be Ehrenberg, 1831 and not 1828 [details]
original description (of Chetogaster linnei Gervais, 1838) 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 [details]
original description (of Mutzia heterodactyla Vogt, 1841) Vogt, C. (1841). Zur Anatomie der Parasiten. <em>Arch. Anat. Phys.</em> 2: 33-45. [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
page(s): Plate XXIX fig 23-24; note: No description of this species only of the genus.The species epithet only turns up in the figure 23-24 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster furcatus Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, <i>Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt</i>. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): footnote; note: The name C. furcatus only appears in the text and not in the plates, so this should be Ehrenberg, 1831 and not 1828 [details]
original description (of Chetogaster linnei Gervais, 1838) 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 [details]
original description (of Mutzia heterodactyla Vogt, 1841) Vogt, C. (1841). Zur Anatomie der Parasiten. <em>Arch. Anat. Phys.</em> 2: 33-45. [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Other
additional source
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16065206
page(s): 216 [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): 66 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Moore, J. Percy. (1906). Hirudinea and Ollgochaeta collected in the Great Lakes region. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 25: 153-171, plate 32 (colour)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27256433
page(s): 169 [details]
additional source Schuster, R.W. (1915). Morphologische und Biologische studiën an Naiden. <em>Inaugural Dissertation, Leipzig.</em> 108pp.
page(s): 7 [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): 306; note: as C. limnei [details]
additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 306 [details]
additional source Zykoff, W.P. (1904). Materialien über die Fauna der Wolga und Hydrofauna des Gouvernements Saratow. Materialy po faune Volgi i gidrofaune Saratovskoi gubernii. [Materials on the fauna of the Volga and hydrofauna of the Saratov Governorate.]. <em>Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii n. ser.</em> 17(1):1-148, pls. 1-2. [1903].
page(s): 65 [details]
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): 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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): 51 [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): 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 31: 1-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16207584
page(s): 24; note: As Choetogaster limnei [details]
additional source Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. (1947). Naidids and tubificids from Brazil. <em>Comun. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montev.</em> 2(44): 1-20.
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gruffydd, L. D. (1965). Evidence for the existence of a new subspecies of Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta), in Britain. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 146(2): 175-196., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05208.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kondo, M. (1936). A list of naidiform Oligochaeta from the waterworks plant of the city of Osaka. <em>Annot.Zool.Japan.</em> 15(3): 382-393.
page(s): 383 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 554; note: As Choetogaster linnei [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): 202 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lastočkin, Dmitrij Alexandrovich. (1921). Issledovanija po faune Ivanovo-Voznesenskoj gubernii, organizovannye selsko-hozjajstvennym fakultetom I.-V. P. I. letom 1920 goda. 2. Fauna Oligochaeta limicola rajona issledovanija. <em>Izvestija Ivanovo- Voznesenskogo Politehničeskogo Instituta.</em> 4: 70-77.
page(s): 70 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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): 20 [details]
biology source Conn, D.B.; Ricciardi, A.; Babapulle, M.N.; Klein, K.A.; Rosen, D.A. (1996). Chaetogaster limnaei (Annelida: Oligochaeta) as a parasite of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha, and the quagga mussel Dreissena bugensis (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Parasitol Res.</em> 82:1–7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050058 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Hoover, J.J.; Lodes, M.J. (1986). Chaetogaster limnaei (Olgochaeta: Naididae) in Oklahoma. <em>The Southwestern Naturalist.</em> 31(4): 542-543., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3671713 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Joy, J. E. & Welch, K. J. (1984). <i>Chaetogaster limnaei</i> (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in the aquatic snail, <i>Helisoma trivolvis</i>, from Charles Fork Lake, West Virginia. <em>The Nautileus.</em> 98(4): 138-142, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277178 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 216 [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): 66 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Moore, J. Percy. (1906). Hirudinea and Ollgochaeta collected in the Great Lakes region. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> 25: 153-171, plate 32 (colour)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27256433
page(s): 169 [details]
additional source Schuster, R.W. (1915). Morphologische und Biologische studiën an Naiden. <em>Inaugural Dissertation, Leipzig.</em> 108pp.
page(s): 7 [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): 306; note: as C. limnei [details]
additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 306 [details]
additional source Zykoff, W.P. (1904). Materialien über die Fauna der Wolga und Hydrofauna des Gouvernements Saratow. Materialy po faune Volgi i gidrofaune Saratovskoi gubernii. [Materials on the fauna of the Volga and hydrofauna of the Saratov Governorate.]. <em>Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii n. ser.</em> 17(1):1-148, pls. 1-2. [1903].
page(s): 65 [details]
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): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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): 51 [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): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 31: 1-28., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16207584
page(s): 24; note: As Choetogaster limnei [details]
additional source Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, E. (1947). Naidids and tubificids from Brazil. <em>Comun. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montev.</em> 2(44): 1-20.
page(s): 2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gruffydd, L. D. (1965). Evidence for the existence of a new subspecies of Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta), in Britain. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 146(2): 175-196., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05208.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kondo, M. (1936). A list of naidiform Oligochaeta from the waterworks plant of the city of Osaka. <em>Annot.Zool.Japan.</em> 15(3): 382-393.
page(s): 383 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique.</em> 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15749769
page(s): 554; note: As Choetogaster linnei [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): 202 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lastočkin, Dmitrij Alexandrovich. (1921). Issledovanija po faune Ivanovo-Voznesenskoj gubernii, organizovannye selsko-hozjajstvennym fakultetom I.-V. P. I. letom 1920 goda. 2. Fauna Oligochaeta limicola rajona issledovanija. <em>Izvestija Ivanovo- Voznesenskogo Politehničeskogo Instituta.</em> 4: 70-77.
page(s): 70 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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): 20 [details]
biology source Conn, D.B.; Ricciardi, A.; Babapulle, M.N.; Klein, K.A.; Rosen, D.A. (1996). Chaetogaster limnaei (Annelida: Oligochaeta) as a parasite of the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha, and the quagga mussel Dreissena bugensis (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Parasitol Res.</em> 82:1–7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050058 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Hoover, J.J.; Lodes, M.J. (1986). Chaetogaster limnaei (Olgochaeta: Naididae) in Oklahoma. <em>The Southwestern Naturalist.</em> 31(4): 542-543., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3671713 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Joy, J. E. & Welch, K. J. (1984). <i>Chaetogaster limnaei</i> (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in the aquatic snail, <i>Helisoma trivolvis</i>, from Charles Fork Lake, West Virginia. <em>The Nautileus.</em> 98(4): 138-142, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277178 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality It is unclear where von Baer got his snail and worm material from, but since he was teaching in Königsberg around that time (1817-1834) and had also published his article in Königsberg, it is obvious that the material came from the former Prussian Empire, now located in Kaliningrad. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland; New England [details]
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetogaster limnaei)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098173)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetogaster limnaei)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098173)
To ITIS
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