''Trichodrilus'' is a genus of ''
Lumbriculidae
The Lumbriculidae are a family of microdrile oligochaetes common in freshwater environments, including streams, lakes, marshes, wells and groundwater. They should not be confused with the earthworm family Lumbricidae. Many species and genera are ...
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The genus was described in 1862 by
René-Édouard Claparède René-Édouard Claparède (24 April 1832 in Chancy – 31 May 1871 in Siena) was a Swiss anatomist.
The Claparède family was Protestant and originally from Languedoc. They moved to Geneva after Louis XIV:s Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685.
He re ...
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It 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 ...
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Species:
* ''
Trichodrilus allobrogum''
(Claparède, 1862)
* ''
Trichodrilus angelieri''
(Giani & Rodriguez, 1994)
* ''
Trichodrilus aporophorus''
(Popčenko, 1976)
* ''
Trichodrilus seirei''
(Timm, 1979)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q18519257
Lumbriculidae