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Peloscolex variegatus Leidy, 1852

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5 (1850-1851):124-126.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Tubificida
family
Naididae
genus
Peloscolex
species
Peloscolex variegatus

Name

Homonyms
Peloscolex variegatus Leidy, 1852
Common names
aquatic oligochaete worm in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. <em>[Book].</em> 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  2. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1962). A re-description of Peloscolex variegatus Leidy (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) with a consideration of the diagnosis of the genus Peloscolex. <em>Int. Revue ges. Hydrobiol.</em> 47(2): 301-306.
  3. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). <em>Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl.</em> 2: 1-89.
  4. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 117 (4):117-172.
  5. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1979). On the types in the genus Peloscolex Leidy (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92:677-681.
  6. Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). A contribution to the taxonomy of the Tubificinae (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 94(4):1048-1067.
  7. Brinkhurst, Ralph O., 1965: Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. II: Tubificidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 117, no. 4. 117-172.
  8. Brinkhurst, Ralph O., 1981: A contribution to the taxonomy of the Tubificinae (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 94, no. 4. 1048-1067.
  9. Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Mark J. Wetzel, 1984: Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World: Supplement. A catalog of new freshwater species, descriptions, and revisions. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences no. 44. v + 101.
  10. Holmquist, C. (1979). Revision of the genus Peloscolex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). 2. Scrutiny of the species. <em>Zoologica scripta.</em> 8:37-60.
  11. Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5 (1850-1851): 124-126.
  12. Leidy, Joseph, 1851: Description of new genera of Vermes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1850-1851, vol. 5, no. 6. 124-125.
  13. Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda.
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