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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Bothrioneurum

Bothrioneurum Stolc, 1888 (ref. ID; 1257, 3692, 6913, 6972)

Family Tubificidae (ref. ID; 1257, 5939, 7854)

Family Tubificidae: Subfamily Rhyacodrilinae Hrabe, 1963 (ref. ID; 6913, 6972) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 5857, 7824)

ref. ID; 1663

Dorsal and ventral setae different. Ventral setae bifurcate, dorsal setae bifurcate or mixture of two or three types. Four bundles of an indeterminate number each per segment. Worm usually reddish. Coelomocytes abundant. Prostomium with dorsal ciliated pit. Single species. Rare occurrence. (ref. ID; 1663)
  1. Bothrioneurum americanum Beddard, 1894 (ref. ID; 6616, 6913, 7254)
  2. Bothrioneurum pyrrhum Marcus, 1942 (ref. ID; 6913, 7254)
  3. Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum Bretscher, 1899 (ref. ID; 5939)
  4. Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum Stolc, 1888 (ref. ID; 1257, 3692, 6618, 6651, 6972, 7098, 7854)