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 Potamothrix

Potamothrix bavaricus (Oschmann, 1913)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Potamothrix*	Vejdovský & Mrázek, 1903	accepted genus name
*Euilyodrilus*	Brinkhurst, 1963	synonym

Species group names

*Euilyodrilus bavaricus*	(Oschmann, 1913)	synonym
*Ilyodrilus bavaricus*	(Oschmann, 1913)	synonym
*Tubifex bavaricus*	Oschmann, 1913	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	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	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	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1986). Guide to the freshwater aquatic microdrile oligochaetes of North America. Canada. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 84.
additional source	Hiltunen, J. K. (1967). Some oligochaetes from Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 433-454.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Potamothrix bavaricus (Oschmann, 1913). 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:137559

Tarmo Timm. Potamothrix bavaricus (Oschmann, 1913). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4223a6b5-2854-40f7-8c1e-d14b627ee35a