Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Crassiclitellata > Suborder Lumbricina > Superfamily Megascolecoidea > Family Megascolecidae > Genus Pontodrilus

Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pontodrilus*	Perrier, 1874	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lumbricus litoralis*	Grube, 1855	synonym

Literature

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	Erséus, C. (1990). Marine Oligochaeta of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: 259-335.
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. [Book chapter]. 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.
new combination reference	Perrier, Edm. (1874). Sur un nouveau genre indigene des Lombriciens terrestres (Pontodrilus marionis E. P.). Compte rendu hebdomadaire des seances de l'Academie des Sciences Paris. 78: 1582-1586.
taxonomy source	Seesamut, T.; Jirapatrasilp, P.; Chanabun, R.; Oba, Y.; Panha, S. (2019). Size variation and geographical distribution of the luminous earthworm Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) (Clitellata, Megascolecidae) in Southeast Asia and Japan. ZooKeys. 862: 23-42.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855). 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:137476

Dr. Emilia Rota. Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2cc41562-654e-4d95-a5b3-cf03b811298c