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Freshwater Oligochaeta

Oligochaete worms are mounted on slides and identified to species where possible. Otherwise, it's noted if the specimen is immature, unidentifiable (due to being an embryo or some other reason), or a fragment.

Species list

Family Lumbriculidae

Stylodrilus heringianus

Family Naididae, Subfamily Naidinae

Amphichaeta leydigi
Arcteonais lomondi
Chaetogaster diaphanus
Chaetogaster diastrophus
Chaetogaster setosus
Dero digitata
Nais barbata
Nais bretscheri
Nais communis
Nais pardalis
Nais simplex
Nais variabilis
Ophidonais serpentina
Paranais frici
Piguetiella blanci
Piguetiella michiganensis
Pristina aequiseta
Pristina acuminata
Pristina jenkinae
Pristina longiseta
Ripistes parasita
Slavina appendiculata
Specaria josinae
Stephansoniana trivandrana
Stylaria lacustris
Uncinais uncinata
Vejdovskyella comata
Vejdovskyella intermedia

Family Naididae, Subfamily Tubificinae

Aulodrilus americanus
Aulodrilus limnobius
Aulodrilus pigueti
Aulodrilus pluriseta
Branchiura sowerbyi
Ilyodrilus templetoni
Isochaetides freyi
Limnodrilus cervix
Limnodrilus claparedeianus
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri
Limnodrilus maumeensis
Limnodrilus profundicola
Limnodrilus udekemianus
Potamothrix bavaricus
Potamothrix bedoti
Potamothrix moldaviensis
Potamothrix vejdovskyi
Psammoryctides barbatus
Quistadrilus multisetosus
Rhyacodrilus coccineus
Rhyacodrilus montana
Rhyacodrilus sodalis
Spirosperma ferox
Spirosperma nikolskyi
Tasserkidrilus americanus
Tasserkidrilus superiorensis
Thalassodrilus hallae
Tubifex ignotus
Tubifex tubifex
Varichaetidrilus angustipenis

Family Enchytraeidae

Enchytraeidae

Great Lakes Center

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