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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Annelida (phylum)  »  Clitellata (class)  »  Haplotaxida (order)  »  Naididae (family)

CAAB Code:	22 214044 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri   Claparède, 1862
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 214 Naididae (blood worms) - show full list Common Name: [a blood worm] Organism Type: a blood worm Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 22 214919     Limnodrilus spp.

Taxon Notes:	Originally described from Europe. Recent work has shown that this is a species complex. While records from Australia and New Zealand are currently regarded as accidental introductions, it is possible that they are distinct species in the complex.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ec6e6078-93e5-4646-9976-b7df0a2090eb Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137556 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Pinder, A.M., Brinkhurst, R.O., 2000. A review of the Tubificidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from Australian inland waters., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 58(1): 39-75.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.