List of Marine Species in the Family Enchytraeidae
(Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeida)

by

Drs. Kathryn A. Coates and †Brenda M. Healy

{ Please Note: This website is a work in progress; many records await inclusion }
CLASS: CLITELLATA

ORDER: ENCHYTRAEIDA

  FAMILY: ENCHYTRAEIDAE
Genera with Marine Species: Achaeta, Buchholzia, Cernosvitoviella, Cognettia, Enchytraeus, Fridericia, Grania, Hemifredericia, Henlea, Lumbricillus, Marionina, Mesenchytraeus, Randidrilus, Stephensoniella.

ACHAETA Vejdovský, 1877
Achaeta litoralis Lasserre, 1964

BUCHHOLZIA Michaelsen, 1886
Buchholzia fallax Michaelsen, 1887

CERNOSVITOVIELLA Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Cernosvitoviella immota (Knöllner, 1935) [records from supralittoral and salt marshes]
Cernosvitoviella minor Dósza-Farkas, 1990
Cernosvitoviella microtheca Rota & Healy, 1999

COGNETTIA Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Cognettia [records of species from upper intertidal]

ENCHYTRAEUS Henle, 1837 - secondary marine lineage
Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
Enchytraeus bonus Shurova, 1979
Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovský, 1879
Enchytraeus capitiatus von Bülow, 1957
Enchytraeus christenseni Dósza-Farkas, 1992
    nom. nov. pro E. minutus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
    [homonym E. minutus Tauber, 1869; however, this needs final clarification]
Enchytraeus citrinus Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Enchytraeus kincaidi Eisen, 1904
Enchytraeus liefdeensis Stephenson, 1924
    [?=E. kincaidi, see Christensen & Dósza-Farkas]
Enchytraeus mediterraneus Michaelsen, 1925
Enchytraeus metlakatlensis Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Enchytraeus multiannulatus Altman, 1936
Enchytraeus rupus Coates, 1980
Enchytraeus sabulosus Southern, 1906
    [Note: according to B. Healy, Enchytraeus sabulosusis is not
    a synonym of E. albidus; see Nielsen & Christensen, 1959]
Enchytraeus saxicola Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis

FRIDERICIA Nielsen & Christensen, 1959

Fridericia [records of species from upper intertidal]
Fridericia callosa Eisen, 1878
Fridericia minor Friend, 1913 [Syn: F. gracilis von Bülow, 1957; see Schmelz, 2003]

GRANIA Southern, 1913

Grania acanthochaeta Rota & Erséus, 1997
Grania algida Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania alliata Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania americana Kennedy, 1966; amended Locke & Coates, 1999
Grania angustinasus Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania antarctica Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania ascophora Coates, 1990
Grania atlantica Coates & Erséus, 1985
Grania bermudensis Erséus & Lasserre, 1976; amended Locke & Coates, 1999
Grania bykane Coates, 1990
Grania carchinii Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania conjuncta Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania crassiducta Coates, 1990
Grania ersei Coates, 1990
Grania eurystila Coates & Stacey, 1997
Grania hastula Coates, 1990
Grania hirsuticauda Rota & Erséus, 1996
Grania hongkongensis Erséus, 1990
Grania hylae Locke & Coates, 1999
Grania hyperoadenia Coates, 1990
Grania incerta Coates & Erséus, 1980
Grania inermis Erséus, 1990
Grania integra Coates & Stacey, 1997
Grania lasserrei Rota & Erséus, 1997
Grania laxartus Locke & Coates, 1999
Grania levis Coates & Erséus, 1985
Grania longiducta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
Grania longistyla Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania macrochaeta Pierantoni, 1901
Grania maricola Southern, 1913
Grania mira Locke & Coates, 1998
Grania monochaeta Michaelsen, 1888; amended Rota and Erséus, 1997
Grania monospermatheca Erséus & Lasserre, 1976
Grania ovitheca Erséus, 1977
Grania pacifica Shurova, 1979
Grania parvitheca Erséus, 1980
Grania paucispina Eisen, 1904
Grania postclitellochaeta Knöllner, 1935
Grania principissae Michaelsen, 1907
Grania pusilla Erséus, 1974; amended Locke & Coates, 1998
Grania reducta Coates & Erséus, 1985
Grania roscoffensis Lasserre, 1967
Grania stephensoniana Rota & Erséus, 1997
Grania stilifera Erséus, 1990
Grania trichaeta Jamieson, 1977
Grania vacivasa Coates & Stacey, 1993
Grania variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976

HEMIFRIDERICIA Nielsen & Christensen, 1959

Hemifridericia parva Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 [records from supralittoral]

HENLEA Michaelsen, 1889

Henlea nasuta Eisen, 1878
Henlea perpusilla Friend, 1911
Henlea ventriculosa d'Udekem, 1854 [records of species from supralittoral and salt marshes]

LUMBRICILLUS Ørsted, 1844

Lumbricillus aestuum Stephenson, 1922
Lumbricillus alaricus Shurova, 1974
Lumbricillus algensis Erséus, 1977
Lumbricillus americanus Ude, 1896
Lumbricillus annulatus Eisen, 1904
Lumbricillus antarcticus Stephenson,1932
Lumbricillus balticus von Bülow, 1957
Lumbricillus belli Tynen, 1969
Lumbricillus benhami Stephenson, 1932
Lumbricillus brunoi Martinez-Ansemil, 1982
Lumbricillus bulowi Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus cervisiae Kossmagk-Stephan, 1983 [see Kossmagk-Stephan, 1985 - thesis]
Lumbricillus christenseni Tynen, 1966 [see Kossmagk-Stephan, 1985 - thesis]
Lumbricillus colpites Stephenson, 1932
Lumbricillus corallinae Shurova, 1977
Lumbricillis curtus Coates, 1981
Lumbricillus dubius Stephenson, 1911
Lumbricillus eltoni Stephenson, 1924
Lumbricillus enteromorphae von Bülow, 1957 [to be re-erected by Healy and ?Kossmagk-Stephan]
Lumbricillus eudioptus von Bülow, 1955
Lumbricillus fennicus Nurminen, 1964
Lumbricillus franciscanus borealis Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Lumbricillus franciscanus unalaskae Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Lumbricillus griseus Stephenson, 1932
Lumbricillus helgolandicus Michaelsen, 1934
Lumbricillus horridus Finogenova, 1988
Lumbricillus ignotus Shurova, 1977
Lumbricillus imakus Nurminen, 1970 [see Kossmagk-Stephan, 1985 - thesis]
Lumbricillus immoderatus Finogenova, 1988
Lumbricillus insularis Ude, 1896
Lumbricillus intricatus Finogenova, 1977 [?marine]
Lumbricillus kalatdlitus Nurminen, 1970 [compare to L. pagenstecheri, see Erséus, 1976]
Lumbricillus kaloensis Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus kamtschatkanus Michaelsen, 1929
Lumbricillus knollneri Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus kurilensis Shurova, 1974
Lumbricillus lentus Shurova, 1978
Lumbricillus lineatus O.F. Müller, 1774
Lumbricillus macquariensis Benham, 1915
Lumbricillus macrothecatus Erséus, 1976
Lumbricillus magdalenae Nielsen, 1965 [?check recent publications by Christensen & Dósza-Farkas]
Lumbricillus mangeri Michaelsen, 1914
Lumbricillus maritimus Ude, 1896
Lumbricillus maximus Michaelsen, 1888
Lumbricillus merriami Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Lumbricillus merriami elongatus Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Lumbricillus minimus Cernosvitov, 1929
Lumbricillus mirabilis Tynen, 1969
Lumbricillus moderatus Finogenova, 1988 [?marine]
Lumbricillus murmanicus Finogenova & Strel'stov, 1978
Lumbricillus muscicolus Stephenson, 1924
Lumbricillus nielseni Nurminen, 1965 [see Kossmagk-Stephan, 1985 - thesis]
Lumbricillus niger Southern, 1909
Lumbricillus nipponicus (Yamaguchi, 1937)
Lumbricillus ochotensis Shurova, 1978
Lumbricillus orientalis Shurova, 1974
Lumbricillus pagenstecheri Ratzel, 1869
Lumbricillus parabolus Shurova, 1978
Lumbricillus parvus Ude, 1896
Lumbricillus pinquis Shurova, 1977
Lumbricillus profugus Eisen, 1878
Lumbricillus pseudominutus Timm, 1988
Lumbricillus pumilio Stephenson, 192
Lumbricillus pygmaeus Michaelsen, 1935
Lumbricillus qualicumensis Tynen, 1969
Lumbricillus reynoldsoni Backlund, 1948
Lumbricillus rivalis Levinsen, 1883; augm. Ditlevsen, 1904
Lumbricillus rubidus Finogenova & Strel'stov, 1978
Lumbricillus rufulus Shurova, 1974
Lumbricillus rupertensis Coates, 1981
Lumbricillus sadovskyi Marcus, 1965
Lumbricillus sapitus Shurova, 1978
Lumbricillus scoticus Elmhirst & Stephenson, 1926
Lumbricillus semifuscus (Claparède); amended Stephenson, 1911
Lumbricillus similis Shurova, 1977
Lumbricillus taisiae Shurova, 1978
Lumbricillus tenuis Ude, 1896
Lumbricillus tsimpseanis Coates, 1981
Lumbricillus tuba Stephenson, 1911
Lumbricillus viridis Stephenson, 1911; augm. 1922
Lumbricillus werthi Michaelsen, 1905
Lumbricillus westheidei Kossmagk-Stephan, 1983 [but see Kossmagk-Stephan, 1985 - thesis]

MARIONINA Pfeffer, 1890

Marionina achaeta Lasserre, 1964
Marionina alaskae Eisen, 1904 - incertae sedis
Marionina antipodum Benham, 1905 [ ?Lumbricillus]
Marionina appendiculata Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Marionina arenaria Healy, 1979
Marionina argentea Michaelsen, 1889
Marionina brevis Finogenova, 1972 [?marine]
Marionina cana Marcus, 1965
Marionina charlottensis Coates, 1980
Marionina coatesae Erséus, 1990
Marionina diazi Coates & Erséus, 1985
Marionina elongata Lasserre, 1964
Marionina eiseni Cernosvitov, 1937 - species inquirende
Marionina exigua Ude, 1896
Marionina falclandica Michaelsen, 1906 - incertae sedis
Marionina gabiae Healy & Coates, 1997
Marionina glandulifera Jansson, 1960
Marionina graefei Kossmagk-Stephan, 1983
Marionina insignis Ude, 1896 [possibly marine] - sp. dub.
Marionina istriae Giere, 1974
Marionina klaskisharum Coates, 1983
Marionina levitheca Erséus, 1990
Marionina limpida Shurova, 1978
Marionina macgrathi Healy, 1996
Marionina magnifica Shurova, 1978
Marionina mandorae Healy & Coates, 1997
Marionina mangle Healy & Coates, 1997
Marionina mesopsamma Lasserre, 1964
Marionina mica Finogenova, 1972 [?marine]
Marionina micula Finogenova, 1973 [?marine]
Marionina miniampullacea Shurova, 1978
Marionina nea Marcus, 1965
Marionina neroutsensis Coates, 1980
Marionina nevisensis Righi & Kanner, 1979
Marionina oligosetosa Kossmagk-Stephan, 1983
Marionina paludis Healy, 1994
Marionina preclitellochaeta Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
Marionina puccinellia [see Kossmagk-Stephan, 1985 - thesis; Healy and K-S in prep]
Marionina riparia Bretscher, 1899
Marionina schrijversi Healy, 1997
Marionina singula Ude, 1896 [possibly marine] - sp. dub.
Marionina sjaelandica Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Marionina southerni Cernosvitov, 1937
Marionina spartinae Healy, 1994
Marionina spicula Leuckart, 1847
Marionina subachaeta Shurova, 1979
Marionina sublitoralis Erséus, 1977
Marionina subterranea (Knöllner, 1935)
Marionina subtilis Ude, 1896 [possibly marine] - sp. dub.
Marionina swedmarki Lasserre & Erséus, 1976
Marionina transunita Coates, 1990
Marionina tumulicola Healy & Coates, 1997
Marionina ulstrupae Healy, 1996
Marionina vancouverensis Coates, 1980
Marionina waltersi Healy, 1994
Marionina weilli Lasserre, 1964
Marionina welchi Lasserre, 1971

MESENCHYTRAEUS Eisen, 1878

Mesenchytraeus orcae Eisen, 1904 [records from supralittoral; plus other species]

RANDIDRILUS Coates & Erséus, 1985

Randidrilus codensis (Lasserre, 1971)
Randidrilus darwinensis Coates & Stacey, 1997
Randidrilus quadrithecatus Coates & Erséus, 1985

STEPHENSONIELLA Cernosvitov, 1934; amended Coates, 1983

Stephensoniella marina (Moore, 1902)
Stephensoniella sterreri (Lasserre & Erséus, 1976)
Stephensoniella trevori (Coates, 1980)

Literature Cited

Coates, K.A. 1983. A contribution to the taxonomy of the Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Review of Stephensoniella, with new species records. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96:411-419.

Coates, K.A., and C. Erséus. 1985. Marine enchytraeids (Oligochaeta) of the coastal northwest and mid USA. Zoologica Scripta 14(2): 103-116.

Kossmagk-Stephan, K.-J. 1983. Marine Oligochaeta from a sandy beach of the Island of Sylt (North Sea) with description of four new enchytraeid species. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 89:1-28.

Kossmagk-Stephan, K.-J. 1985. Systematik, Faunistik, und Lebenzyklus mariner Oligochaeta der Nord und Ostseeküste. Dissertation, Georg-August Universität zu Göttingen. [thesis]

Schmelz, R.M. 2003. Taxonomy of Fridericia (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae): Revision of species with morphological and biochemical methods. Abhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (Neue Folge) (Ed. Otto Kraus), No. 38. 415 pp. + 73 full-page figures. ISBN: 3931374408. Cost: 125. Euros. [To order a copy of this book, please contact: Goecke & Evers, Sportplatzweg 5, 75210 Keltern-Weiler, Germany. Fax: 07236-7325; E-Mail: books@insecta.de].

Contact Information

Dr. Kathryn A. Coates
2 Silk Alley
St. George's, GE 05
BERMUDA
E-mail: kcoates{AT}transact.bm
† Our dear friend and colleague, Brenda Healy, passed away on 5 March 2006 in Ireland. A memoriam celebrating her life was presented at the 10th International symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, convened in Wuhan, China, in October 2006; that memoriam will be included in the symposium proceedings, scheduled for publication in Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, in late-2008. We miss her very much.

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