WoRMS taxon details
Nais communis Piguet, 1906
137480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137480)
accepted
Species
Nais communis caeca Stephenson, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nais communis punjabensis Stephenson, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nais heterochaeta Benham, 1893 · unaccepted
Nais parviseta Walton, 1906 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Nais communis magenta Er. Marcus, 1943
- Subspecies Nais communis caeca Stephenson, 1910 accepted as Nais communis Piguet, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Nais communis punjabensis Stephenson, 1909 accepted as Nais communis Piguet, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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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 [details] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Nais communis Piguet, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137480 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details]
original description (of Nais heterochaeta Benham, 1893) Benham, W. B. (1893). Note on a New species of the Genus Nais. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 34: 383-386. [details]
original description (of Nais communis caeca Stephenson, 1910) Stephenson, J. (1910). On some aquatic Oligochaete worms commensal in Spongilla carteri. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(4): 233-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139886
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Nais parviseta Walton, 1906) Walton, L. B. (1906). Naididae of Cedar Point, Ohio. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 40(478): 683-706., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/278670 [details]
original description (of Nais communis 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): 255 [details]
basis of record Naidu, K. V.; Srivastava, H. N. (1980). Some fresh-water oligochaeta of Nagpur, India. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 72(3): 261-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005630 [details] Available for editors
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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 Nais heterochaeta Benham, 1893) Benham, W. B. (1893). Note on a New species of the Genus Nais. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 34: 383-386. [details]
original description (of Nais communis caeca Stephenson, 1910) Stephenson, J. (1910). On some aquatic Oligochaete worms commensal in Spongilla carteri. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(4): 233-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11139886
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Nais parviseta Walton, 1906) Walton, L. B. (1906). Naididae of Cedar Point, Ohio. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 40(478): 683-706., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/278670 [details]
original description (of Nais communis 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): 255 [details]
basis of record Naidu, K. V.; Srivastava, H. N. (1980). Some fresh-water oligochaeta of Nagpur, India. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 72(3): 261-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005630 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Other
additional source
Brinkhurst, R.O.; Kathman, R.D. (1983). A contribution to the taxonomy of the Naididae (Oligochaeta) of North America. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 61(10): 2307-2312., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z83-304
page(s): 2311 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Erséus, C.; Grimm, R. (2002). A new species of Ainudrilus (Tubificidae) from South Georgia, and other subantarctic freshwater oligochaetes. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 468:77-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015249024244 [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): 134 [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): 97 [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): 33 [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): 21 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liang, Y. (1964). Studies on the aquatic Oligochaeta of China. II. On some species of Naididae from Sinkiang with description of a new species, Allodero prosetosa. <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 16(4):643-651.
page(s): 644 [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): 206 [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): 71 [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 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 Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). <em>DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg.</em> 380pp + Appendix.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 18 [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): 37 [details]
page(s): 2311 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Erséus, C.; Grimm, R. (2002). A new species of Ainudrilus (Tubificidae) from South Georgia, and other subantarctic freshwater oligochaetes. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 468:77-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015249024244 [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): 134 [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): 97 [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): 33 [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): 21 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liang, Y. (1964). Studies on the aquatic Oligochaeta of China. II. On some species of Naididae from Sinkiang with description of a new species, Allodero prosetosa. <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 16(4):643-651.
page(s): 644 [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): 206 [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): 71 [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 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 Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). <em>DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg.</em> 380pp + Appendix.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 18 [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): 37 [details]
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