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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Telmatodrilus

Telmatodrilus Eisen, 1879

Family Tubificidae (ref. ID; 5939)

Family Tubificidae: Subfamily Telmatodrilinae (ref. ID; 5857)

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 sparse or absent. Without gills. Prostates and atria of different form. Atrium with numerous prostate glands. (ref. ID; 1663)

ref. ID; 1923

Ventral setae ordinarily cleft; spermatheca if present usually open on segment 10; usually reddish in appearance, commonly more than 25 mm in length, many live in tubes. Body surface not covered with many cuticular papillae. Dorsal bundles without hair setae. Setae indistinctly cleft and sometimes simple pointed; 10 or more small definite prostates on each sperm duct. (ref. ID; 1923)
  1. Telmatodrilus bifidus (ref. ID; 5857)
  2. Telmatodrilus mcgregori Eisen, 1900 (ref. ID; 1923, 5939)
  3. Telmatodrilus onegensis (ref. ID; 5939)
  4. Telmatodrilus papillatus (ref. ID; 5857)
  5. Telmatodrilus vejdovskyi Eisen, 1879 (ref. ID; 1923, 5939)

Telmatodrilus mcgregori Eisen, 1900 (ref. ID; 1923, 5939)

Descriptions

Spermathecae opening in front and between the ventral and lateral fascicles of setae in segement 10. (ref. ID; 1923)

Telmatodrilus vejdovskyi Eisen, 1879 (ref. ID; 1923, 5939)

Descriptions

Spermathecae opening in front of and between the ventral fascicles of setae in segment 10. (ref. ID; 1923)

Large worms, 8-15 setae per bundle, rudimentary bifids anteriorly with strongly reduced (sometimes missing) upper teeth, brush-tipped setae from about the clitellar region. Immature. (ref. ID; 5939)