RAS taxon details
Enchytraeus Henle, 1837
137347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137347)
accepted
Genus
Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837 (type by monotypy)
- Species Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Henle, F.G.J. (1837). Ueber Enchytraeus, eine neue Anneliden-Gattung. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin.</em> 74-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14168147 [details] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137347 on 2025-09-13
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Enchytraeus Henle, 1837. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137347 on 2025-09-13
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original description
Henle, F.G.J. (1837). Ueber Enchytraeus, eine neue Anneliden-Gattung. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin.</em> 74-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14168147 [details]
taxonomy source Eisen, G.A. (1879). On the Oligochaeta collected during the swedish expeditions to the arctic regions in the years 1870, 1875 and 1876. <em>Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar.</em> 15(7): 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33813410
page(s): 10; note: Eisen (1879) distinguishes three subgenera in Enchytraeus (Archienchytraeus, Neoenchytraeus and Mesenchytraeus), but in het 1878 Swedish paper he regarded them as separate genera. [details]
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Nielsen, C. O.; Christensen, B. (1959). The Enchytraeidae: critical revision and taxonomy of European species (Studies on Enchytraeidae VII). <em>Natura Jutlandica.</em> 8-9: 1-160.
page(s): 89 [details] Available for editors
additional source Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 16: 217-291, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14253066
page(s): 270 [details]
identification resource Bell, A.W. (1958). The Anatomy of the Oligochaete Enchytraeus albidus, with a Key to the Species of the Genus Enchytraeus. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1902: 1-13. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Eisen, G.A. (1879). On the Oligochaeta collected during the swedish expeditions to the arctic regions in the years 1870, 1875 and 1876. <em>Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar.</em> 15(7): 1-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33813410
page(s): 10; note: Eisen (1879) distinguishes three subgenera in Enchytraeus (Archienchytraeus, Neoenchytraeus and Mesenchytraeus), but in het 1878 Swedish paper he regarded them as separate genera. [details]
basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Nielsen, C. O.; Christensen, B. (1959). The Enchytraeidae: critical revision and taxonomy of European species (Studies on Enchytraeidae VII). <em>Natura Jutlandica.</em> 8-9: 1-160.
page(s): 89 [details] Available for editors
additional source Claparède, Edouard. R. (1862). Recherches anatomiques sur les Oligochètes. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 16: 217-291, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14253066
page(s): 270 [details]
identification resource Bell, A.W. (1958). The Anatomy of the Oligochaete Enchytraeus albidus, with a Key to the Species of the Genus Enchytraeus. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1902: 1-13. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
