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

Ripistes parasita (Schmidt, 1847)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Stylaria Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ripistes*	Dujardin, 1842	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ripistes rubra*	Lastockin, 1926	subjective synonym

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Jelinek, H. (2011). Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Naididae D'Udekem, 1855 (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta). DIssertation Uiversity of Hamburg. 380pp + Appendix.
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	Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. [Book]. 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
biology source	Krodkiewska, M.; Spyra, A. (2015). New data on the biology and habitat preferences of the oligochaete species Ripistes parasita (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae): a case study in a temporary woodland pond. Biologia. 70(5): 615-624.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Ripistes parasita (Schmidt, 1847). 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:157595

Tarmo Timm. Ripistes parasita (Schmidt, 1847). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1fcc5a36-5eca-4848-9588-e3501006c811