Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida > Family Enchytraeidae

Enchytraeus Henle, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
Enchytraeus bigeminus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1878
Enchytraeus bulbosus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
Enchytraeus capitatus von Bülow, 1957
Enchytraeus christenseni Dózsa-Farkas, 1992
Enchytraeus coronatus Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Enchytraeus crypticus Westheide & Graefe, 1992
Enchytraeus doerjesi Westheide & Graefe, 1992
Enchytraeus dominicae Dumnicka, 1976
Enchytraeus florentinus Bell, 1947
Enchytraeus globuliferus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
Enchytraeus irregularis Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904
Enchytraeus kinkaidi Eisen, 1904
Enchytraeus lacteus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Enchytraeus liefdeensis Stephenson, 1924
Enchytraeus mariae Kasprzak, 1973
Enchytraeus mediterraneus Michaelsen, 1925
Enchytraeus norvegicus Abrahamsen, 1969
Enchytraeus polonicus Dumnicka, 1977
Enchytraeus sabulosus Southern, 1906
Enchytraeus thomasi Rodriguez & Giani, 1986
Enchytraeus variatus Bouguenec & Giani, 1989

Literature

original description	Henle, F.G.J. (1837). Ueber Enchytraeus, eine neue Anneliden-Gattung. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin. 74-90.
basis of record	Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 231-234
additional source	Nielsen, C. O.; Christensen, B. (1959). The Enchytraeidae: critical revision and taxonomy of European species (Studies on Enchytraeidae VII). Natura Jutlandica. 8-9: 1-160.
additional source	Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 16: 217-291, plates 1-4.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
taxonomy source	Eisen, G.A. (1879). On the Oligochaeta collected during the swedish expeditions to the arctic regions in the years 1870, 1875 and 1876. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar. 15(7): 1-49.
identification resource	Bell, A.W. (1958). The Anatomy of the Oligochaete Enchytraeus albidus, with a Key to the Species of the Genus Enchytraeus. American Museum Novitates. 1902: 1-13.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. 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:137347

Dr. Emilia Rota. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/548fabef-a0fa-4e47-8ebc-7bf8e5329f84