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

Spiridion Knöllner, 1935

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizodriloides*	Juget, 1987	generic synonym

Children

Spiridion insigne Knöllner, 1935
Spiridion modricensis (Hrabĕ, 1973)
Spiridion phreaticola (Juget, 1987)
Spiridion scrobicularae Lastoćkin, 1937

Literature

original description	Knöllner, F. H. (1935). Ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen über litorale und marine Oligochäten der Kieler Bucht. Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik). 66: 425-512.
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	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.
additional source	Erséus, C. (1979). Re-examination of the marine genus Spiridion Knöllner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Sarsia. 64(3): 183-187.
additional source	Erséus, C. (1992). A generic revision of the Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Zoologica Scripta. 21(1): 5-48.
taxonomy source	Erséus, C.; Giani, N.; Rodriguez, P. (1992). The taxonomy of Spiridion Knollner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with a redescription of Spiridion phreaticola (Juget, 1987) comb. n. Stygologia. 7(2):77-83.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Spiridion Knöllner, 1935. 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:137380

Tarmo Timm. Spiridion Knöllner, 1935. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ddbdeb5b-60a7-4075-8126-c5705c4ec528