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  Genus Tubifex

Species T. tubifex

Taxon Information

The Species T. tubifex has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

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

Literature Records

• Tubifex tubifex, "Cosmopolitan. Widespread throughout northern North America, apparently rare in the southern United States" (Stimpson & Klemm, 1982).
• Tubifex tubifex, "from the entire U.S.; very common in polluted waters" (Goodnight, 1959).

Bibliography

• Stimpson, K.S. & D.J. Klemm. 1982. A guide to the freshwater Tubificidae (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 61 pp. [Available online]
• Goodnight, C.J. 1959. Oligochaeta. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 522-537.

Student Essays

• "The Aquatic Oligochaete Tubifex tubifex as a Water Quality Indicator" by Hayley Templar (BIOL/WATR 361, Fall 2012 )

Web Pages

• Fauna Europaea
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System