Family Naididae (Detritus worm)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: AnnelidaClass: ClitellataOrder: Tubificida Phenology

Naididae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Common Name Photo Where? Phenology
Arcteonais lomondiDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Aulodrilus americanusDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Aulodrilus limnobiusDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Aulodrilus piguetiDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Aulodrilus speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Chaetogaster diaphanusDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Dero digitataDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Dero speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteriDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Limnodrilus speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Naididae_genus w.h.c.Detritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Naididae_genus w.o.h.c.Detritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Naidinae_genus speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais behningiDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais communisDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais elinguisDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais pardalisDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais simplexDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Nais variabilisDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Piguetiella michiganensisDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Pristina brevisetaDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Pristina jenkinaeDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Pristina leidyiDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Pristina speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Pristininae_genus speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Psammoryctides californianusDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Quistadrilus multisetosusDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Rhyacodrilus subterraneusDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Slavina appendiculataDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Spirosperma feroxDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Spirosperma nikolskyiDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Spirosperma speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Tubifex tubifexSludge worm(NA) HerePhenology
UIW/CC speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
UIW/OCC speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Uncinais uncinataDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
UW/CC speciesDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology
Varichaetadrilus harmaniDetritus worm(NA) HerePhenology

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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.

In Case You Didn't Know ...
These small aquatic worms were previously called tubificid worms many times used as aquarium fish food.


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