Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Subclass Tubificata > Order Tubificida > Suborder Tubificina > Superfamily Tubificoidea > Family Naididae > Subfamily Tubificinae > Genus Limnodrilus

Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limnodrilus*	Claparède, 1862	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Limnodrilus helveticus*	Piguet, 1913	subjective synonym
*Tubifex profundicola*	Verrill, 1871	synonym

Literature

additional source	Pfannkuche, O. (1977). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen an naidomorphen Oligochaeten brackiger und Iimnischer Biotope. Dissertation, Universität Hamburg. 138pp.
additional source	Dzwillo, M. (1966). Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung der Tubificidenfauna im Bereich des Hamburger Hafens. Abh.Verh.naturw.Ver.Hamburg (N.F.). 11: 101-116.
additional source	Hiltunen, J. K. (1967). Some oligochaetes from Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 433-454.
additional source	Cui, Y.; He, X.; Peng, Y.; Wang, H. (2015). Records of Naididae and Lumbriculidae (Clitellata) from Tibet, China, with description of a new species of Nais. Zootaxa. 3956(4): 513-530.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 84.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 117 (4):117-172.
taxonomy source	Fend, S. V.; Liu, Y.; Steinmann, D.; Giere, O.; Barton, H. A.; Luiszer, F.; Erseus, C. (2016). Limnodrilus sulphurensis n. sp., from a sulfur cave in Colorado, USA, with notes on the morphologically similar L. profundicola (Clitellata, Naididae, Tubificinae). Zootaxa. 4066(4): 451-468.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475838

Tarmo Timm. Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/922ae7fa-51e6-4145-a9a9-88c74415cfc4