Annelida of Illinois

PHYLUM ANNELIDA

SUBPHYLUM ACLITELLATA

CLASS APHANONEURA Order Aeolosomatida Family Aeolosomatidae Aeolosoma hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1828
Aeolosoma tenebrarum Vejdovsky, 1880
Aeolosoma variegatum Vejdovsky, 1884

SUBPHYLUM CLITELLATA

CLASS BRANCHIOBDELLAE sensu Gelder (1996) Order Branchiobdellida Family Bdellodrilidae Holt, 1986 Bdellodrilus illuminatus (Moore, 1894) Family Cambarincolidae Holt, 1986 Cambarincola chirocephalus Ellis, 1919
Cambarincola illinoisensis Holt, 1982
Cambarincola macrodontus Ellis, 1912
Cambarincola philadelphicus (Leidy, 1851)
Cambarincola vitreus Ellis, 1919
Oedipodrilus macbaini (Holt, 1955)
Pterodrilus distichus Moore, 1895
Sathodrilus elevatus (Goodnight, 1940) Family Xironodrilidae Holt, 1986 Xironodrilus formosus Ellis, 1919

CLASS OLIGOCHAETA Order Lumbriculida Family Lumbriculidae Eclipidrilus asymmetricus (Smith, 1896)
Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774)
+Stylodrilus heringianus Claparède 1862
Trichodrilus allobrogum Claparède, 1862 Order Haplotaxida Suborder Haplotaxina Family Haplotaxidae Haplotaxis ? gordioides (Hartmann, 1821)
(?= Haplotaxis emissarius [Forbes, 1890]; ?= Haplotaxis forbesi Smith, 1918) Suborder Tubificina Superfamily Tubificoidea Family Naididae Allonais paraguayensis (Michaelsen, 1905)
Allonais pectinata (Stephenson, 1910)
Amphichaeta leydigi Tauber, 1879
Bratislavia unidentata (Harman, 1973)
Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
Chaetogaster diastrophus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
Chaetogaster limnaei von Baer, 1827
Dero (Aulophorus) furcata (Müller, 1773)
Dero (Aulophorus) vaga (Leidy, 1880)
Dero (Dero) digitata (Müller, 1773)
Dero (Dero) lodeni Brinkhurst 1986
Dero (Dero) nivea Aiyer, 1930
Dero (Dero) obtusa d'Udekem, 1835
Dero (Dero) pectinata Aiyer, 1930
Dero (Dero) trifida Loden, 1979
Haemonais waldvogeli Bretscher, 1896
Nais barbata Müller, 1773
Nais behningi Michaelsen, 1923
Nais communis Piguet, 1906
Nais elinguis Müller, 1773
Nais pardalis Piguet, 1906
Nais pseudobtusa Piguet, 1906
Nais simplex Piguet, 1906
Nais variabilis Piguet, 1906
Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773)
Paranais frici Hrabe, 1941 <
+Piguetiella michiganensis Hiltunen, 1967
Pristina aequiseta Bourne, 1891
(= Pristina evelinae Marcus, 1943, = Pristina foreli Piguet, 1906) Pristina breviseta Bourne, 1891
Pristina leidyi Smith, 1896
Pristina plumaseta Turner, 1935
Pristina synclites Stephenson, 1925
Pristinella acuminata (Liang, 1958)
Pristinella jenkinae (Stephenson, 1931)
(= Pristina idrensis Sperber, 1948) Pristinella osborni (Walton, 1906)
Pristinella sima (Marcus, 1944)
Slavina appendiculata (d'Udekem, 1855)
Specaria josinae (Vejdovsky, 1883)
Stephensoniana trivandrana (Aiyer, 1926)
Stylaria lacustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
(= Stylaria fossularis Leidy, 1852) +Uncinais uncinata (Ørsted, 1842)
Vejdovskyella intermedia (Bretscher, 1896) Family Tubificidae Aulodrilus americanus Brinkhurst & Cook, 1966
Aulodrilus limnobius Bretscher, 1899
Aulodrilus pigueti Kowalewski, 1914
Aulodrilus pluriseta (Piguet, 1906)
Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum Stolc, 1888
Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard, 1892
Ilyodrilus templetoni (Southern, 1909)
+Isochaetides curvisetosus (Brinkhurst & Cook, 1966)
+Isochaetides freyi (Brinkhurst, 1965)
Limnodrilus cervix Brinkhurst, 1963
Limnodrilus claparedianus Ratzel, 1868
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862
Limnodrilus maumeensis Brinkhurst & Cook, 1966
Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871)
Limnodrilus rubripenis Loden, 1977
Limnodrilus tortilipenis Wetzel, 1987
Limnodrilus udekemianus Claparède, 1862
Potamothrix bavaricus (Öschmann, 1913)
+Potamothrix bedoti (Piguet, 1913)
Potamothrix moldaviensis Vejdovsky & Mrázek, 1902
Potamothrix vejdovskyi (Hrabe, 1941)
Psammoryctides californianus Brinkhurst, 1965
Quistadrilus multisetosus (Smith, 1900)
Rhizodrilus lacteus Smith, 1900
Rhyacodrilus coccineus (Vejdovsky, 1875)
Rhyacodrilus falciformis Bretscher, 1901
Rhyacodrilus montanus (Brinkhurst, 1965)
Spirosperma ferox Eisen, 1879
+Spirosperma nikolskyi (Lastockin & Sokolskaya, 1935)
(= Spirosperma variegatus Leidy, 1851 sensu Brinkhurst, 1962) Tasserkidrilus kessleri (Hrabe, 1962)
+Tasserkidrilus superiorensis (Brinkhurst & Cook, 1966)
+Tubifex ignotus (Stolc, 1886)
Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774)
Varichaetadrilus angustipenis (Brinkhurst & Cook, 1966)

Order Enchytraeida SuperFamily Enchytraeoidea Family Enchytraeidae Barbidrilus paucisetus Loden & Locy, 1980
Lumbricillus rivalis (Levinsen, 1883) augmented Ditlevsen, 1904
Marionina forbesae Smith & Welch, 1913 ?incertae sedis
Henlea urbanensis Welch, 1914 Suborder Lumbricina SuperFamily Lumbricoidea Family Lumbricidae Eisenia foetida Savigny, 1826
Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) Family Sparganophilidae Sparganophilus eiseni Smith, 1895

CLASS HIRUDINEA Order Rhynchobdellida Family Glossiphoniidae Actinobdella inequiannulata Moore, 1901
Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)
Desserobdella phalera (Graf, 1899)
Desserobdella picta (Verrill, 1872)
Gloiobdella elongata (Castle, 1900)
Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helobdella fusca (Castle, 1900)
Helobdella papillata (Moore, 1906)
Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helobdella triserialis (E. Blanchard, 1849)
Placobdella montifera Moore, 1906
Placobdella multilineata Moore, 1953
Placobdella ornata (Verrill, 1872)
Placobdella papillifera (Verrill, 1872)
Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824)
Placobdella pediculata Hemingway, 1908
Theromyzon biannulatum Klemm, 1977 Family Piscicolidae Cystobranchus verrilli Meyer, 1940
Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
Piscicola milneri (Verrill, 1874)
Piscicola punctata (Verrill, 1871)
Piscicolaria reducta Meyer, 1940

Order Gnathobdellida Family Hirudinidae Haemopis marmorata (Say, 1824)
Haemopis terrestris (Forbes, 1890)
Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)
Philobdella gracilis Moore, 1901

Order Pharyngobdellida Family Erpobdellidae Dina dubia Moore & Meyer, 1951
Dina parva Moore, 1912
Erpobdella punctata punctata (Leidy, 1870)
Mooreobdella fervida Verrill, 1871
Mooreobdella microstoma (Moore, 1901)
Nephelopsis obscura Verrill, 1872

+= Illinois species collected only from inshore Lake Michigan habitats

This list was modified from Mark Wetzel's list. Please see Mark's pages for a more complete listing and additional information on annelids.

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    3/31/97