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

Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tubifex*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lumbricus tubifex*	Müller, 1774	synonym
*Nais tubifex*	(Müller, 1774)	synonym
*Saenuris tubifex*	(Müller, 1774)	synonym

Children

Tubifex tubifex blanchardi Vejdovský, 1891
Tubifex tubifex tubifex (Muller, 1774)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone slingerworm sources: Vejdovsky, Franz. (1884). System und Morphologie der Oligochaeten. [book]. 1-172 (166 paginated + index, + plates 1-16, publisher: Franz Řivnáč, Prague.

English: river worm; sewage worm; sludge worm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Bachwurm; Gemeiner Bachröhrenwurm; Gemeiner Schlammröhrenwurm

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	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1971). The aquatic Oligochaeta known from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and the adjacent islands. Papers Dep Zool Univ Queensland. 3(8): 99-128.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Crottini, A.; Marotta, R.; Barbuto, M.; Casiraghi, M.; Ferraguti, M. (2008). The world in a river? A preliminary analysis of the 16S rDNA variability of Tubifex species (Clitellata: Tubificidae) from the Lambro River. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48(3): 1189-1203.
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.
additional source	Goretti, E.; Marcucci, C.; Di Veroli, A.; Fabrizi, A.; Gaino, E. (2014). The tubificids (Annelida, Oligochaeta) of Lake Trasimeno and Lake Piediluco in Central Italy, with a study of SEM morphology of some species. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 38: 334-341.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O.; Marchese, M. (1987). A contribution to the taxonomy of the aquatic Oligochaeta (Haplotaxidae, Phreodrilidae, Tubificidae) of South America. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65: 3154-3165.
additional source	Lastočkin, Dmitrij Alexandrovich. (1921). Issledovanija po faune Ivanovo-Voznesenskoj gubernii, organizovannye selsko-hozjajstvennym fakultetom I.-V. P. I. letom 1920 goda. 2. Fauna Oligochaeta limicola rajona issledovanija. Izvestija Ivanovo- Voznesenskogo Politehničeskogo Instituta. 4: 70-77.
additional source	Peng, Yu; Wang, Hongzhu; Yongde, Cui. (2017). Four species of Tubifex Lamarck (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Naididae) from Tibet. Zootaxa. 4320(2): 366–378.
additional source	Kasprzak, K. (1973). Notatki o faunie skąposzczetów (Oligochaeta) Polski, I [Notes on Oligochaeta fauna of Poland, I]. Fragmenta Faunistika. 18(21): 405-434.
additional source	Friend, H. (1912). British Tubificidae. Journal of the Royal microscopical society. p265-293.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Marcus, E. (1942). Sabre algumas Tubificidae do Brasil. Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia. 6(6):153-228 + Plates I-XII.
additional source	Galloway, T.W. (1911). The common fresh-water Oligocheta of the United States. Transactions of American Microscopical Society. 30(1): 285-317.
additional source	Ferraguti, M.; Grassi, G.; Erséus, C. (1989). Different models of tubificid spermatozeugmata. Hydrobiologia. 180: 73-82.
additional source	Ditlevsen, A. (1904). Studien an Oligochäten. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 77: 398-480 + plates XVI-XVII.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). A contribution towards a revision of the aquatic Oligochaeta of Africa. African Zoology. 2(2): 131-166.
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	Holmquist, C. (1983). What is Tubifex tubifex (O.F. Muller) (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae)?. Zoologica Scripta. 12(3): 187-201.
additional source	Hrabĕ, S. (1939). Vodni Oligochaeta z Vysokych Tater. Věst. Česk. Zool. Spol. 6-7: 209-236.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1962). A check-list of British Oligochaeta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 138(2): 317-330.
additional source	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
additional source	Piguet, E. (1919). Wasserbewohnende Oligochaeten der nord-schwedischen Hochgebirge. Naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen des Sarekgebirges in Schwedisch-Lappland. 4(7): 779-804.
additional source	Dzwillo, M. (1966). Untersuchungen über die Zusammensetzung der Tubificidenfauna im Bereich des Hamburger Hafens. Abh.Verh.naturw.Ver.Hamburg (N.F.). 11: 101-116.
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	Dzwillo, M. (1984). Phylogenetic and taxonomic problems in freshwater Oligochaeta with special emphasis on chitinous structures in Tubificinae. Hydrobiologia. 115: 19-23.
additional source	Snimschikova, L. N. (1985). Tubifitsidy (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) severnogo Baikala (= Tubificids (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) of northern Lake Baikal). Bespozvonochnye i ryby (Invertebrates and Fishes). Nauka, Novosibirsk. 39-61.
additional source	Erséus, Christer. (1992). Groundwater and marine intertidal Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Canary and Cabo Verde Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 62(2): 63-70.
taxonomy source	Chapman, P.M.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Setal morphology of the oligochaetes Tubifex tubifex and Ilyodrilus frantzi (capillatus) as revealed SEM. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 99(2): 323-327.

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External Links

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Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774). 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:137569

Tarmo Timm. Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9dd4d406-cec7-4c94-90a0-d09005a4832d