Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Enchytraeida

Enchytraeidae d'Udekem, 1855

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Achaeta Vejdovský, 1878
Archienchytraeus Eisen, 1878
Bryodrilus Ude, 1892
Buchholzia Michaelsen, 1887
Cernosvitoviella Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Claparedrilus Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2017
Cognettia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Enchylea Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
Enchytraeus Henle, 1837
Enchytronia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Fridericia Michaelsen, 1889
Globulidrilus Christensen & Dózsa-Farkas, 2012
Grania Southern, 1913
Guaranidrilus Cernosvitov, 1937
Hemienchytraeus Cernosvitov, 1935
Hemifridericia Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Henlea Michaelsen, 1889
Lumbricillus Ørsted, 1844
Marionina Michaelsen in Pfeffer, 1890
Mesenchytraeus Eisen, 1878
Neoenchytraeus Eisen, 1878
Oconnorella Rota, 1995
Paralumbricillus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Randidrilus Coates & Erséus, 1985
Stercutus Michaelsen, 1888
Timmodrilus Dozsa-Farkas, 1997

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: potwormen sources: Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.

English: aster worms; potworms; pot-worms; white worms 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Enchyträen 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.

Swedish: småringmaskar

Literature

original description	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	Degtyarev, Maksim I.; Lebedev, Iurii M.; Kuznetsova, Ksenia G.; Gongalsky, Konstantin B. (2020). A history of study and new records of terrestrial enchytraeids (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) from the Russian Far East. ZooKeys. 955: 79-96.
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	Vejdovský, F. (1879). Beiträge zur vergleichenden Morphologhie der Anneliden. I.Monographie der Enchytraeiden. Verlag von F. Tempsky, Prag. 62pp + 14 Plates.
additional source	Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. [Book]. 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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	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.
taxonomy source	Erséus, C.; Rota, E.; Matamoros, L.; De Wit, P. (2010). Molecular phylogeny of Enchytraeidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57(2): 849-858.
taxonomy source	Schmelz, Rüdiger M.; Collado, Rut. (2012). An updated checklist of currently accepted species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Landbauforschung. VTI Agriculture and forestry research. Special Issue. 357: 67–87.
taxonomy source	Černosvitov, L. (1937). System der Enchytraeiden. Bull Ass. Russe Rech. Prague Sci. Volume: 5 Issue: (34): 263-295.
taxonomy source	Schmelz, Rüdiger M.; Collado, Rut. (2015). Checklist of taxa of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta): an update. Soil Organisms. 87(2): 149–152.
identification resource	Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. Synopses of the British Fauna. 21: 1-127.
identification resource	Schmelz, Rüdiger M.: Collado, Rut. (2010). A guide to European terrestrial and freshwater species of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Soil Organisms. 82(1): 1-176.