Potamodrilus

Potamodrilidae is a family of meiofaunal annelids, monotypically containing only the genus Potamodrilus.[1][2]

Potamodrilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Potamodrilidae
Genus: Potamodrilus
Lastochkin, 1935[1]
Species
  • Potamodrilus fluviatilus
  • Potamodrilus rivularis

Potamodrialidae is the sister group to Aeolosomatidae, by all accounts.[3] Beyond that, its phylogenetic position is uncertain.

The species of this genus are found in Europe.[1]

Species:[1]

  • Potamodrilus fluviatilus (Lastockin, 1935)
  • Potamodrilus rivularis Lastočkin, 1935

References
  1. "'Potamodrilus' Lastochkin, 1935". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. Rouse, G. W., & Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. Book, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  3. Struck, Torsten H.; Purschke, Günter (2005). "The sister group relationship of Aeolosomatidae and Potamodrilidae (Annelida: 'Polychaeta') — a molecular phylogenetic approach based on 18S rDNA and cytochrome oxidase I". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 243 (4): 281–293. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2005.01.001.

Further reading
  • Purschke, Günter; Hessling, René (2002). "Analysis of the Central Nervous System and Sense Organs in Potamodrilus fluviatilis (Annelida: Potamodrilidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 241: 19–35. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00019.


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