Haplotaxidae is a family of
earthworms
An earthworm is a soil-dwelling terrestrial animal, terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. The term is the common name for the largest members of the class (biology), class (or subclass (biology), subclass, depending on ...
of the
Haplotaxida
The Haplotaxida are one of two orders within the annelid subclass Oligochaeta, the other being the Lumbriculida. No real common name exists, but they are simply referred to as haplotaxids.
Given that the other clitellatan annelids are embedd ...
order.
Genera
Synopsis of the described taxa of the world
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*'' Alphadrilus'' Brinkhurst, 1988
*''Delaya
''Delaya'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Haplotaxidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe.
Species:
*''Delaya bureschi''
*''Delaya cantabronensis''
*''Delaya corbarensis''
*''Delaya leruthi''
*''Delaya navarrens ...
'' Brinkhurst, 1988
*''Haplotaxis
''Haplotaxis'' is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Haplotaxidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the ...
'' Hoffmeister, 1843
*'' Hologynus'' Brinkhurst, 1988
*'' Metataxis'' Righi, 1985
*'' Omodeodrilus'' Kammerer, 2006
*'' Pelodrilus'' Beddard, 1891
References
Haplotaxida
Annelid families
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