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 Ophidonais

Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ophidonais*	Gervais, 1838	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nais serpentina*	Müller, 1774	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Yu, Jiefeng; Zhou, Tingting; Wang, Hongzhu; Cui, Yongde. (2022). First Record of Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773) (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in China: The Occurrence or Absence of Needles Are Intraspecific Differences. Diversity. 14(4): 265.
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. (1964). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. I. Naididae and Opistocytidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 116:195-230.
additional source	Hagen, G. (1951). Vergleichende ökologische und systematische Untersuchungen der eulitoralen Oligochaetenfauna in Süsswasser-, Brackwasser- und Meeresgebieten Schleswig-Holsteins. Dissertation Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel.
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	Galloway, T.W. (1911). The common fresh-water Oligocheta of the United States. Transactions of American Microscopical Society. 30(1): 285-317.
new combination reference	Gervais, Paul. (1838). Note sur la disposition systématique des Annélides chétopodes de la famille des Naïs. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. 5(1): 13-20.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238751

Tarmo Timm. Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7da726e8-5cec-4325-af02-55bd55ffcb71