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  Class Clitellata

grade "Oligochaeta" (+ Megadrili)

    Order Haplotaxida -- Wisconsin!
    Order Tubificida -- Wisconsin!
    Order Enchytraeida -- midwestern North America.
    Order Lumbriculida -- midwestern North America.
    Order Capilloventrida

Taxon Information

The grade "Oligochaeta" has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Oligochaeta, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Megadrili, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Oligochaeta, (Goodnight, 1959).
• Oligochaeta, [Wisconsin, USA] (Pennak, 1940).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Martin, P., E. Martinez-Ansemil, A. Pinder, T. Timm & M.J. Wetzel. 2008. Global diversity of oligochaetous clitellates (”Oligochaeta”; Clitellata) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 117-127. [Available online]
• Goodnight, C.J. 1959. Oligochaeta. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 522-537.
• Pennak, R.W. 1940. Ecology of the microscopic Metazoa inhabiting the sandy beaches of some Wisconsin lakes. Ecological Monographs 10(4): 537-615. [Available online]

Student Essays

• "Oligochaeta: Biological Indicators" by Sheila Behling (BIOL/WATR 361, Fall 2013 )
• "Diversity of Freshwater Subclass Oligochaeta in Wisconsin" by Alyssa Roberts (BIOL/WATR 361, Fall 2013 )

Web Pages

• Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes occurring in North America North of Mexico
• Fauna Europaea
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• WikiSpecies
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species