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Enchytraeid
Enchytraeidae is a family of microdrile oligochaeta, oligochaetes. They resemble small earthworms and include both terrestrial species known as potworms that live in highly organic Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial environments, as well as some that are Marine (ocean), marine. The peculiar genus ''Mesenchytraeus'' is known as "ice worms", as they live in glaciers and will die if exposed to temperatures a few degrees above freezing. Apart from these, the best-known species is probably the Grindal Worm (''Enchytraeus buchholzi''), which is commercially bred as aquarium fish food. Selected genera Enchytraeidae genera include:WoRMS (2010) * ''Achaeta'' František Vejdovsky, Vejdovský, 1878 * ''Archienchytraeus'' Eisen, 1878 (''nomen dubium'') * ''Cernosvitoviella'' Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 * ''Christensenidrilus'' Dózsa-Farkas & Convey, 1998 (= ''Christensenia'' Dózsa-Farkas & Convey, 1997 (''non'' Brinck 1945: Christensenia (beetle), preoccupied)) * ''Cognettia'' Nielsen & Ch ...
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Mesenchytraeus
Ice worms (also written as ice-worms or iceworms) are enchytraeid annelids of the genus ''Mesenchytraeus''. The majority of the species in the genus are abundant in gravel beds or the banks of riverine habitats, but the best-known members of the genus are found in glacier, glacial ice. They include the only annelid worms known to spend their entire lives in glacier, glacial ice, and some of the few metazoans to complete their entire life cycle at conditions below . They were discovered in a wide range of environments, which include level snowfields, steep avalanche cones, crevasse walls, glacial rivers and pools, and hard glacier ice. These organisms are unique in that they can simply move between tightly packed ice crystals. They utilize setae, which are small bristles found on the outside of their bodies, to grip the ice and pull themselves along. The genus contains 77 species, including the North American glacier ice worm (''Mesenchytraeus solifugus'') and the Yosemite snow w ...
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Grindal Worm
''Enchytraeus buchholzi'', Grindal worms, (described by František Vejdovsky in 1879) are enchytraeid oligochaete worms. They are found in temperate meadows and disturbed roadside verges. The scientific name probably covers a group of morphologically indistinguishable species, which would complicate their use as test species in substitution for '' E. albidus'', a species commonly cultivated in the laboratory for toxicity tests, according to OECD.''OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals'' 220, adopted 13 April 2004 For aquarists "Grindal worms" are treated as smaller relatives of whiteworms, but usually only grow to about 10 mm and thus are an ideal size for most small freshwater fish, both adults and larger fry. Mrs. Morten Grindal, of Sweden, who was prominent in the development of culturing techniques for whiteworms, was apparently the first aquarist to isolate this smaller species. Grindal worms can be cultured exactly as whiteworms but are a much more adaptable ...
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František Vejdovsky
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Marionia
''Marionia'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dendronotid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809.Accessed on 2021-01-01 This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, ....MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase''Marionia'' Vayssière, 1877.Accessed on 2021-01-09. Species Species within the genus ''Marionia'' include: ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Marionia affinis'' Bergh, 1883: synonym of ''Marionia blainvillea'' (Risso, 1818) (synonym) * ''Marionia berghii'' Vayssière, 1879: synonym of ''Marionia blainvillea'' (Risso, 1818) (synonym) * ''Marionia occidentalis'' Bergh, 1884: synonym of ''Marionia cucullata'' (Couthouy, 1852) * ''Marionia tethydea'' ic synonym of ''Marionia blainvillea'' (Risso, 1818) (misspelling of ''thethydea'' (Delle Chiaje, 1841)) Referen ...
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Marionina
''Marionina'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext .... Species: * '' Marionina aberrans'' Finogenova, 1973 * '' Marionina achaeta'' (Hagen, 1954) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5149880 Annelids ...
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Lumbricillus
''Lumbricillus'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Lumbricillus aestuum'' (Stephenson, 1932) * ''Lumbricillus alaricus ''Lumbricillus'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Lumbricillus aestuum ''Lumbricillus'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae Ench ...'' Shurova, 1974 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5169971 Annelids ...
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Henlea
''Henlea'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Henlea adiverticulata'' Christensen & Dózsa-Farkas, 1999 * ''Henlea africana ''Henlea'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Henlea adiverticulata'' Christensen & Dózsa-Farkas, 1999 * ''Henlea africana ''Henlea'' is a genus of anne ...'' Bell, 1954 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15136708 Annelids ...
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Hemifridericia
''Hemifridericia'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Enchytraeidae Enchytraeidae is a family of microdrile oligochaetes. They resemble small earthworms and include both terrestrial species known as potworms that live in highly organic terrestrial environments, as well as some that are marine. The peculiar genu .... The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America. Species: * '' Hemifridericia bivesiculata'' Christensen & Dózsa-Farkas, 2006 * '' Hemifridericia parva'' Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18519456 Annelids ...
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Grania
''Grania'' is a genus of marine annelid worms in the class Clitellata. They are found at many depths in sands throughout the world. They are generally about in length and mostly colorless or white, though ''Grania colorata'', a recently discovered species found in the Great Barrier Reef, is green. Species There are 72 species in the genus ''Grania'' which have been identified. They include:Prantoni, Alessandro L., De Wit, Pierre & Christer Erséus Christer Erséus, born 1951 in Borås, is a Swedish zoologist. He defended his doctoral dissertation in 1980 at the University of Gothenburg, where in 1991 he became professor of zoology and director of studies in zoomorphology and systematics. P ... (2016). First reports of ''Grania'' (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from Africa and South America: molecular phylogeny and descriptions of nine new species. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society''. 176: 485-510. *''Grania acanthochaeta'' Rota & Erséus, 1996 *''Grania algida'' Rota ...
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