WoRMS taxon details
Potamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900)
137562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137562)
accepted
Species
Euilyodrilus heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Euilyodrilus orientalis (Cernosvitov, 1938) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ilyodrilus heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Ilyodrilus orientalis Cernosvitov, 1938 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900 · unaccepted (Synonym)
recent only
(of Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900) Bretscher, K. (1900). Mitteilungen über die Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8(1): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971552
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Potamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137562 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900) Bretscher, K. (1900). Mitteilungen über die Oligochaetenfauna der Schweiz. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 8(1): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9971552
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Ilyodrilus orientalis Cernosvitov, 1938) Černosvitov, L. (1938). The oligochaeta. in: Washbourn, R. & Jones, R.F. Report of the Percy Sladen Expedition to Lake Huleh; a contribution to the study of the Fresh waters of Palestine. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2(11): 535-550., available online at https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.24335/page/535/mode/2up
page(s): 545 [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]
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Ilyodrilus orientalis Cernosvitov, 1938) Černosvitov, L. (1938). The oligochaeta. in: Washbourn, R. & Jones, R.F. Report of the Percy Sladen Expedition to Lake Huleh; a contribution to the study of the Fresh waters of Palestine. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2(11): 535-550., available online at https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.24335/page/535/mode/2up
page(s): 545 [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bazzanti, M.; Lafont, M. (1985). Variabilité des soies spermathécales de Potamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher) (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) dans le lac de Nemi et remarques sur la relation entre cette espèce et le degré de trophie
des lacs. <em>Annls.Limnol.</em> 21(2):107-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/1985010 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Schelde)
Soors, J. ; Speybroek, J. (INBO). [details]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1970). A further contribution towards a study of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines.</em> 81: 101-108.
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Giani, N.; Martinez-Ansemil, E. (1983). Diversos casos teratologicos detectados en oligoquetos dulceacuicolas. <em>Communicacion presentada bajo la forma de "poster" durante la VI Reunióon Bienal de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Santago, 13/17 de septiembre de 1983.</em> pp327-341.
page(s): 6; note: with genital chaetae in X and XI [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Timm, T.; Erséus, C.; Lundberg, S. (1996). New and unusual records of freshwater oligochaeta from the Scandinavian Peninsula. <em>Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research.</em> 72:15-29., available online at https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/48949
page(s): 19 [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): 242 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1970). A further contribution towards a study of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. <em>Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines.</em> 81: 101-108.
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Giani, N.; Martinez-Ansemil, E. (1983). Diversos casos teratologicos detectados en oligoquetos dulceacuicolas. <em>Communicacion presentada bajo la forma de "poster" durante la VI Reunióon Bienal de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Santago, 13/17 de septiembre de 1983.</em> pp327-341.
page(s): 6; note: with genital chaetae in X and XI [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Timm, T.; Erséus, C.; Lundberg, S. (1996). New and unusual records of freshwater oligochaeta from the Scandinavian Peninsula. <em>Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research.</em> 72:15-29., available online at https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/48949
page(s): 19 [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): 242 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamothrix heuscheri)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Ilyodrilus heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900))
To PESI (from synonym Euilyodrilus heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamothrix heuscheri)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tubifex heuscheri Bretscher, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Ilyodrilus heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900))
To PESI (from synonym Euilyodrilus heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900))
