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

Monopylephorus Levinsen, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Postiodrilus*	Boldt, 1926	generic synonym
*Vermiculus*	Goodrich, 1892	generic synonym

Children

Monopylephorus irroratus (Verrill, 1873)
Monopylephorus limosus (Hatai, 1898)
Monopylephorus parvus Ditlevsen, 1904
Monopylephorus rubroniveus Levinsen, 1884

Literature

original description	Levinsen, G.M.R. (1884 (for year 1883)). Systematisk-geografisk Oversigt over de nordiske Annulata, Gephyrea, Chaetognathi og Balanoglossi. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn. 45(1883): 95-354 + plates II-III.
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.; Qi, S.; Liang, Y. (1990). The aquatic Oligochaeta from the People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 68(5): 901-916.
additional source	Friend, H. (1912). British Tubificidae. Journal of the Royal microscopical society. p265-293.
additional source	Finogenova, N.P. (1982). Revision of the genus Monopylephorus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Zoologichesky Zhurnal. 61(1): 5-17.
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.
redescription	Baker, H.R.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). A revision of the genus Monopylephorus and redefinition of the subfamilies Rhyacodrilinae and Branchiurinae (Tubificidae: Oligochaeta). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 59(6): 939-965.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Monopylephorus Levinsen, 1884. 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:137383

Tarmo Timm. Monopylephorus Levinsen, 1884. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bff6b7c0-0dfc-4fab-b9e6-762055b94dcd