WoRMS taxon details
Slavina appendiculata (d'Udekem, 1855)
157597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157597)
accepted
Species
Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Nais escherosa Gruithuisen, 1828 · unaccepted
Nais gracilis Leidy, 1850 · unaccepted
Nais lurida Timm, 1883 · unaccepted
Slavina gracilis (Leidy, 1850) · unaccepted
Slavina lurida (Timm, 1883) · unaccepted
Slavina montana Stephenson, 1923 · unaccepted
Slavina punjabensis Stephenson, 1909 · unaccepted
Slavina truncata Harman, 1966 · unaccepted
recent only
(of Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855) 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): 552 [details]
page(s): 552 [details]
Note Type material is from Belgium
Type locality Type material is from Belgium [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Slavina appendiculata (d'Udekem, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157597 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855) 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): 552 [details]
original description (of Nais lurida Timm, 1883) Timm, R. (1883). Beobachtungen an Phreoryctes Menkeanus Herrn. und Nais, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna Unterfrankens. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg.</em> 6: 109-157. [details]
original description (of Slavina punjabensis Stephenson, 1909) Stephenson, J. (1909). The anatomy of some aquatic Oligochaeta from the Punjab. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 1(3): 255-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36864023
page(s): 272, plate 19; note: from ponds in the Lawrence gardens, Lahore [details]
original description (of Slavina truncata Harman, 1966) Harman, W. J. (1965). A key to the genus Slavina (Oligochaeta: Naididae) with description of a new species from Costa Rica. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(94): 565-568., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936508651616 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nais gracilis Leidy, 1850) Leidy, J. (1850). Descriptions of some American Annelida abranchia. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philladelphia.</em> Vol 2 (2): 43-50 + Plate II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730908
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Nais escherosa Gruithuisen, 1828) Gruithuisen, F. V. P. (1828). Über die Nais diaphana und Nais diastropha mit dem Nerven-und Blutsystem derselben. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 14(6): 407-420 + Plate I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37004633
page(s): 409; note: Only a very short description is given: "Incidentally, I have seen that not all Naids are transparant, such as for instance the newly discoverded Nais escherosa, which always has brown-yellow 'bark' ...
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original description (of Slavina montana Stephenson, 1923) Stephenson, J. (1923). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma: Oligochaeta. <em>[book series].</em> 1-518, Taylor and Francis, London., available online at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.25297 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Pinder, A. M.; Brinkhurst, R. O. (1997). First records of Slavina (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in Australia and descriptions of a new species. <em>Proceedings - Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 109: 149-156. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 552 [details]
original description (of Nais lurida Timm, 1883) Timm, R. (1883). Beobachtungen an Phreoryctes Menkeanus Herrn. und Nais, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna Unterfrankens. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg.</em> 6: 109-157. [details]
original description (of Slavina punjabensis Stephenson, 1909) Stephenson, J. (1909). The anatomy of some aquatic Oligochaeta from the Punjab. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 1(3): 255-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36864023
page(s): 272, plate 19; note: from ponds in the Lawrence gardens, Lahore [details]
original description (of Slavina truncata Harman, 1966) Harman, W. J. (1965). A key to the genus Slavina (Oligochaeta: Naididae) with description of a new species from Costa Rica. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(94): 565-568., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936508651616 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nais gracilis Leidy, 1850) Leidy, J. (1850). Descriptions of some American Annelida abranchia. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philladelphia.</em> Vol 2 (2): 43-50 + Plate II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730908
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Nais escherosa Gruithuisen, 1828) Gruithuisen, F. V. P. (1828). Über die Nais diaphana und Nais diastropha mit dem Nerven-und Blutsystem derselben. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 14(6): 407-420 + Plate I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37004633
page(s): 409; note: Only a very short description is given: "Incidentally, I have seen that not all Naids are transparant, such as for instance the newly discoverded Nais escherosa, which always has brown-yellow 'bark' ...
Only a very short description is given: "Incidentally, I have seen that not all Naids are transparant, such as for instance the newly discoverded Nais escherosa, which always has brown-yellow 'bark' all over its body."
original description (of Slavina montana Stephenson, 1923) Stephenson, J. (1923). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma: Oligochaeta. <em>[book series].</em> 1-518, Taylor and Francis, London., available online at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.25297 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
basis of record Pinder, A. M.; Brinkhurst, R. O. (1997). First records of Slavina (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in Australia and descriptions of a new species. <em>Proceedings - Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 109: 149-156. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971). The aquatic Oligochaeta known from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers Dep Zool Univ Queensland.</em> 3(8): 99-128., available online at https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300496/QL1_U7_1971_v3no8.pdf
page(s): 122 [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): 209 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1914). Die Oligochaeten Columbias. <em>Memoires de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles, Neuchâtel.</em> 5: 202-252., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=mem-001:1914:5::27
page(s): 207 [details]
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): 72 [details]
additional source Al-Abbad, M.Y.M. (2012). New Records of Twelve species of Oligochaeta (Naididae and Aeolosomatidae) from the Southern Iraqi Marshes, Iraq. <em>Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences.</em> 5(2):105-111. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bousfield, E.C. (1886). On Slavina and Ophidonais. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 19:264-268 + Plate XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31788475 [details]
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 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): 303 [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): 153 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 13 [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): 47 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yamaguchi, H. (1953). Studies on the Aquatic Oligochaeta of Japan: Ⅵ. A Systematic Report, with Some Remarks on the Classification and Phylogeny of the Oligochaeta (With 1 Plate, 5 Tables and 25 Text-figures). <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science Hokkaido University, Series V. Zoology.</em> 11(2): 277-342. [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): 136 [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): 87 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Qi, S.; Liang, Y. (1990). The aquatic Oligochaeta from the People's Republic of China. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(5): 901-916., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-131
page(s): 908 [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): 43 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Harman, W. J. (1973). New Species of Oligochaeta (Naididae) with Additional Distributional Records from Oklahoma and Texas. <em>The Southwestern Naturalist.</em> 18(2): 151-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3670416 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marcus, E. (1944). Sôbre oligochaeta límnicos do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia, Sciencias e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo. Zoologia.</em> 8(8): 5-135., available online at http://www.revistas.usp.br/bsffclzoologia/article/download/125205/122292/
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1903). Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung IV. Oligochaeten. <em>Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst.</em> 19(2), 169-210.
page(s): 185 [details]
page(s): 122 [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): 209 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michaelsen, W. (1914). Die Oligochaeten Columbias. <em>Memoires de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles, Neuchâtel.</em> 5: 202-252., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=mem-001:1914:5::27
page(s): 207 [details]
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): 72 [details]
additional source Al-Abbad, M.Y.M. (2012). New Records of Twelve species of Oligochaeta (Naididae and Aeolosomatidae) from the Southern Iraqi Marshes, Iraq. <em>Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences.</em> 5(2):105-111. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bousfield, E.C. (1886). On Slavina and Ophidonais. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 19:264-268 + Plate XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31788475 [details]
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 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): 303 [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): 153 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 13 [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): 47 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yamaguchi, H. (1953). Studies on the Aquatic Oligochaeta of Japan: Ⅵ. A Systematic Report, with Some Remarks on the Classification and Phylogeny of the Oligochaeta (With 1 Plate, 5 Tables and 25 Text-figures). <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science Hokkaido University, Series V. Zoology.</em> 11(2): 277-342. [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): 136 [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): 87 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Qi, S.; Liang, Y. (1990). The aquatic Oligochaeta from the People's Republic of China. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(5): 901-916., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-131
page(s): 908 [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): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Harman, W. J. (1973). New Species of Oligochaeta (Naididae) with Additional Distributional Records from Oklahoma and Texas. <em>The Southwestern Naturalist.</em> 18(2): 151-164., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3670416 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marcus, E. (1944). Sôbre oligochaeta límnicos do Brasil. <em>Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia, Sciencias e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo. Zoologia.</em> 8(8): 5-135., available online at http://www.revistas.usp.br/bsffclzoologia/article/download/125205/122292/
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1903). Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung IV. Oligochaeten. <em>Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst.</em> 19(2), 169-210.
page(s): 185 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Type material is from Belgium [details]
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Slavina appendiculata)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Slavina appendiculata)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Nais appendiculata d'Udekem, 1855)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
