Phallodrilinae Explained

Phallodrilinae is a subfamily of clitellate oligochaete worms.^[1]

Genera

The following genera are currently accepted within the subfamily Phallodrilinae.^[1]

• Aberrantidrilus Martin, 2015
• Abyssidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Adelodrilus Cook, 1969
• Aktedrilus Knöllner, 1935
• Albanidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Atlantidrilus Erséus, 1982
• Bathydrilus Cook, 1970
• Bermudrilus Erséus, 1979
• Coralliodrilus Erséus, 1979
• Duridrilus Erséus, 1983
• Gianius Erséus, 1992
• Inanidrilus Erséus, 1979
• Inermidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Jamiesoniella Erséus, 1981
• Marionidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Mexidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Milliganius Erséus, 1992
• Mitinokuidrilus Takashima & Mawatari, 1998
• Nootkadrilus Baker, 1982
• Olavius Erséus, 1984
• Pacifidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Paraktedrilus Erséus, 1992
• Pectinodrilus Erséus, 1992
• Peosidriloides Erséus & Milligan, 1994
• Peosidrilus Baker & Erséus, 1979
• Phallodriloides Erséus, 1992
• Phallodrilus Pierantoni, 1902
• Pirodriloides Erséus, 1992
• Pirodrilus Erséus, 1992
• Pseudospiridion Erséus, 1992
• Somalidrilus Erséus, 1992
• Spiridion Knöllner, 1935
• Thalassodrilus Brinkhurst, 1963
• Uniporodrilus Erséus, 1979

Further reading

• Diaz, Robert J., and Christer Erseus. "Habitat preferences and species associations of shallow-water marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the barrier reef ecosystems off Belize, Central America." Aquatic Oligochaete Biology V. Springer Netherlands, 1994. 93-105.
• Giere, Olav, et al. "A comparative structural study on bacterial symbioses of Caribbean gutless Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta)." Acta zoologica 76.4 (1995): 281–290.
• Dubilier, Nicole, Anna Blazejak, and Caroline Rühland. "Symbioses between bacteria and gutless marine oligochaetes." Molecular Basis of Symbiosis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 251–275.

Notes and References

1. Phallodrilinae . 137342 . 11 April 2020.