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

Naididae Ehrenberg, 1831

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Allonais*	Sperber, 1948	taxonomically included in
*Arcteonais*	Piguet, 1928	taxonomically included in
*Aulophorus*	Schmarda, 1861	taxonomically included in
*Bratislavia*	Kosel, 1976	taxonomically included in
*Dero*	Oken, 1815	taxonomically included in
*Haemonais*	Bretscher, 1900	taxonomically included in
*Homochaeta*	Bretscher, 1896	taxonomically included in
*Limnodriloidinae*	Erséus, 1982	taxonomically included in
*Naidinae*	Ehrenberg, 1831	taxonomically included in
*Nais*	Muller, 1774	taxonomically included in
*Phallodrilinae*	Brinkhurst, 1971	taxonomically included in
*Piguetiella*	Sperber, 1939	taxonomically included in
*Pristina*	Ehrenberg, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Pseudochaetogaster*	Lafont, 1981	taxonomically included in
*Rhyacodrilinae*	Hrabě, 1963	taxonomically included in
*Specaria*	Sperber, 1939	taxonomically included in
*Telmatodrilinae*		taxonomically included in
*Tubificinae*	Claus, 1876	taxonomically included in
*Tubificidae*	d'Udekem, 1855	synonym

Children

Allonais Sperber, 1948
Arcteonais Piguet, 1928
Aulophorus Schmarda, 1861
Bratislavia Kosel, 1976
Dero Oken, 1815
Haemonais Bretscher, 1900
Homochaeta Bretscher, 1896
Limnodriloidinae Erséus, 1982
Naidinae Ehrenberg, 1831
Nais Muller, 1774
Phallodrilinae Brinkhurst, 1971
Piguetiella Sperber, 1939
Pristina Ehrenberg, 1828
Pseudochaetogaster Lafont, 1981
Rhyacodrilinae Hrabě, 1963
Specaria Sperber, 1939
Telmatodrilinae
Tubificinae Claus, 1876

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: naidids; naidids; sludge-worms sources: Charles Hussey;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: glattmaskar

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828).
additional source	Claus, C. (1876). Grundzüge der Zoologie. (Third edition) [Principles of Zoology]. N.G. Elwertsche Verlagsuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig. 1-1254. (vol.1. incl. Annelides p.394-421, Copepoda p.465-480, vol.2 Mollusca),.
additional source	Udekem, J. d'. (1855). Nouvelles classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. 22(2): 533-557, 3 figs.
additional source	Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881 (for year 1880)). Materialia Ad Zoographiam Ponticam Comparatam. Fasciculum III. Vermes [first part of 3]. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody). 55(4): 213-363 + 2 Plates.
additional source	Udekem, J. d'. (1859). Nouvelle classification des Annélides sétigères abranches. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 31: 1-28.
additional source	Dehorne, L. (1916). Les Naidomorphes et leur reproduction asexuee. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale. 56(2):25-157 + Plates I-III.
status source	Erseus, C.; Wetzel, M. J.; Gustavsson, L. (2008). ICZN rules—a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Zootaxa. 1744(1): 66.
taxonomy source	Erséus, C.; Gustavsson, L.; Brinkhurst, R.O. (2005). Case 3305: TUBIFICIDAE Vejdovský, 1876 (Annelida, Clitellata): proposed precedence over NAIDIDAE Ehrenberg, 1828. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 62(4): 226-231.
taxonomy source	Erséus, C.; Gustavsson, L. (2002). A proposal to regard the former family Naididae as a subfamily within Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Hydrobiologia. 485: 253–256.
taxonomy source	Envall, I.; Källersjö, M.; Erséus, C. (2006). Molecular evidence for the non-monophyletic status of Naidinae (Annelida, Clitellata, Tubificidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40(2): 570-584.
taxonomy source	ICZN. (2007). Opinion 2167 (Case 3305). Naididae Ehrenberg, 1828 (Annelida, Clitellata): precedence over Tubificidae Vejdovský, 1876 maintained. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 64(1): 71-72.
taxonomy source	Van Haaren, T.; Martin, P.; Dubois, A. (2021). Authorship and date of five family-series nomina in Oligochaeta (Annelida): Lumbricidae, Naididae, Enchytraeidae, Tubificidae and Lumbriculidae. Bionomina. 21(1): 140-145.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 116:195-230.
identification resource	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.
identification resource	Hiltunen, J.K.; Klemm, D.J. (1980). A giude to the Naididae (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of North America. Environmental Protection Agency report. 600/4-80-031: 1-47.