WoRMS taxon details
Chaetogaster diastrophus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
157589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157589)
accepted
Species
Chaetogaster annandalei Stephenson, 1917 · unaccepted
Chaetogaster gulosus Leidy, 1852 · unaccepted
Chaetogaster palustris Pointner, 1911 · unaccepted
Chaetogaster punjabensis Stephenson, 1907 · unaccepted
Copopteroma nais Corda, 1837 · unaccepted
Nais diastropha Gruithuisen, 1828 · unaccepted (Synonymy)
Nais diastrophus Gruithuisen, 1828 · unaccepted
Nais perversa Gruithuisen, 1828 · unaccepted
Pseudochaetogaster longemeri Lafont, 1981 · unaccepted
recent only
(of Nais diastropha 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): 417 [details]
page(s): 417 [details]
Status Cryptic species (19, unnamed) under the name C diastropha detected by the molecular analysis of Mack, Klinth et al (2023)
Status Cryptic species (19, unnamed) under the name C diastropha detected by the molecular analysis of Mack, Klinth et al (2023) [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2026). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Chaetogaster diastrophus (Gruithuisen, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157589 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nais diastropha 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): 417 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster annandalei Stephenson, 1917) Stephenson, J. (1917). Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. Aquatic Oligochaeta from Japan and China. <em>Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal.</em> 6: 85-99. [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster gulosus Leidy, 1852) Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5 (1850-1851): 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642712
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster palustris Pointner, 1911) Pointner, H. (1911). Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Oligochaeten-fauna der Gewasser von Graz. <em>Z. wiss. Zool.</em> 98: 626-676., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51187245
page(s): 641, 674 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster punjabensis Stephenson, 1907) Stephenson, J. (1907). Description of an oligochaete worm, allied to Chaetogaster. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 1:133–138, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134585
page(s): 133, plate 5, figures 1-12; note: tank at Shalimar, near Lahore; name is first mentioned on p137 [details]
original description (of Pseudochaetogaster longemeri Lafont, 1981) Lafont, M. (1981). Description de Pseudochaetogaster longemeri n. g., n. sp. (Oligochaeta, Naididae) des lacs de Longemer et de Gerardmer (département des Vosges, France). <em>Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 50(1): 27-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.3406/linly.1981.10461 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Copopteroma nais Corda, 1837) Corda, A.J.C. (1837). Copopteroma Nais, eine neute Gattung und Sippe der Ringelwürmer. <em>Beiträge zur gesammten Natur- und Heilwissenschaft.</em> 1(3): 390-402., available online at https://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/nkp/view/uuid:54111230-045e-11e5-95ff-5ef3fc9bb22f?page=uuid:a2833260-7ab0-11e8-b033-005056820560
page(s): 391 [details]
original description (of Nais perversa 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): 417 [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 417 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster annandalei Stephenson, 1917) Stephenson, J. (1917). Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. Aquatic Oligochaeta from Japan and China. <em>Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal.</em> 6: 85-99. [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster gulosus Leidy, 1852) Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5 (1850-1851): 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642712
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster palustris Pointner, 1911) Pointner, H. (1911). Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Oligochaeten-fauna der Gewasser von Graz. <em>Z. wiss. Zool.</em> 98: 626-676., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51187245
page(s): 641, 674 [details]
original description (of Chaetogaster punjabensis Stephenson, 1907) Stephenson, J. (1907). Description of an oligochaete worm, allied to Chaetogaster. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 1:133–138, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134585
page(s): 133, plate 5, figures 1-12; note: tank at Shalimar, near Lahore; name is first mentioned on p137 [details]
original description (of Pseudochaetogaster longemeri Lafont, 1981) Lafont, M. (1981). Description de Pseudochaetogaster longemeri n. g., n. sp. (Oligochaeta, Naididae) des lacs de Longemer et de Gerardmer (département des Vosges, France). <em>Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 50(1): 27-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.3406/linly.1981.10461 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Copopteroma nais Corda, 1837) Corda, A.J.C. (1837). Copopteroma Nais, eine neute Gattung und Sippe der Ringelwürmer. <em>Beiträge zur gesammten Natur- und Heilwissenschaft.</em> 1(3): 390-402., available online at https://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/nkp/view/uuid:54111230-045e-11e5-95ff-5ef3fc9bb22f?page=uuid:a2833260-7ab0-11e8-b033-005056820560
page(s): 391 [details]
original description (of Nais perversa 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): 417 [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Mack, Joseph M.; Klinth, Mårten; Martinsson, Svante; Lu, Robert; Stormer, Hannah; Hanington, Patrick; Proctor, Heather C.; Erséus, Christer; Bely, Alexandra E. (2023). Cryptic carnivores: Intercontinental sampling reveals extensive novel diversity in a genus of freshwater annelids. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 182: 107748., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790323000489
note: Cryptic species (19) detected: [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Cryptic species (19) detected: [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 2307 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 307 [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 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): 9 [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): 31 [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. (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): 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. <em>Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik).</em> 66: 425-512. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 427 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Southern, Rowland. (1909). Contributions towards a monograph of the British and Irish Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 27: 119-182 + plates VII-XI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34885013
page(s): 131; note: [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): 201 [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 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): 306 [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): 63 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 10 [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): 18 [details]
page(s): 2307 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 307 [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 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): 9 [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): 31 [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. (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): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. <em>Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik).</em> 66: 425-512. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 427 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Southern, Rowland. (1909). Contributions towards a monograph of the British and Irish Oligochaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 27: 119-182 + plates VII-XI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34885013
page(s): 131; note: [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): 201 [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 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): 306 [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): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michaelsen, W. (1909). Oligochaeta. <em>Die Susswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 13: 1-66.
page(s): 10 [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): 18 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Cryptic species (19, unnamed) under the name C diastropha detected by the molecular analysis of Mack, Klinth et al (2023) [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Nais diastropha Gruithuisen, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetogaster diastrophus)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Nais diastropha Gruithuisen, 1828)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Nais diastropha Gruithuisen, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetogaster diastrophus)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Nais diastropha Gruithuisen, 1828)
To ITIS
