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Sparganophilus Benham, 1892

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Benham, W. B. (1892). A new English genus of aquatic Oligochaeta (Sparganophilus) belonging to the family Rhinodrilidae. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 34: 155–179. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=279507

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Crassiclitellata
family
Sparganophilidae
genus
Sparganophilus

Name

Synonyms
Sparanophilus Benham, 1892
Homonyms
Sparganophilus Benham, 1892

Bibliographic References

  1. Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  2. Benham, W. B. (1892). A new English genus of aquatic Oligochaeta (Sparganophilus) belonging to the family Rhinodrilidae. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 34: 155-179.
  3. Brinkhurst, R.O. & Jamieson, B.G.M. (1971)
  4. Carrera-Martínez, R.; Taylor, M. K.; Jones, D.; Schoville, S. D.; Snyder, B. A.; Callaham, M. A. (2025). The unseen diversity of the semi-aquatic earthworms of the genus Sparganophilus (Oligochaeta: Sparganophilidae) from the Southeastern Appalachian Piedmont. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5589(1): 382-409.
  5. CoL 2006
  6. Eisen, G. (1896). Pacific Coast Oligochaeta II, Benhamia, Acanthodrilus, Aleodrilus, Sparganophilus, Deltania, Phoenicodrilus. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 2(5): 123-198 + Plates XLIV- LVII.
  7. Erseus/Brinkhurst/Jamieson et al original papers
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  10. Quart. J. Micr. Sci., (N. S.) 34
  11. Reynolds, J. W. (1980). The earthworm family Sparganophilidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) in North America. <em>Megadrilogica.</em> 3(12): 189-211.
  12. Reynolds, J. W. (2025). The Genus Sparganophilus is Exploding in North America!. <em>GAS Publishers.</em> 3(1): 22-28. 10.5281/zenodo.15286490
  13. Reynolds, J. W., and D. G. Cook, 1993: Nomenclatura oligochaetologica. Supplementum tertium. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick Museum Monographic Series (Natural Science), no. 9. vi + 33.
  14. Reynolds, John Warren, and Mark Julian Wetzel, 2004: Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) in North America north of Mexico. Megadrilogica, vol. 9, no. 11. 71-98.
  15. SN2000/Sims, 1982
  16. SN2000/Sims, 1982
  17. Timm, T. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. (2002)
  18. Timm, T. (2009)
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