Check-list of Clitellata recorded from Sweden

Originally compiled by Tarmo Timm in January 1994; updated by Christer Erséus in September 2002 and by Lena Gustavsson in October 2005.
Note that several yet unpublished records of additional species are excluded from the list.
* = species recorded from Sweden for the first time, by the Swedish Worm Project (SWORM).
Family Tubificidae  
(aquatic/freshwateor or marine)

Subfamily Naidinae
(aquatic/largely freshwater)

Family Propappidae
(aquatic/freshwater)

Family Lumbriculidae
(aquatic/freshwater)

Family Branchiobdellidae
(aquatic/on freshwater crayfish)

Family Enchytraeidae
(terrestrial, or aquatic/freshwater- marine)

Family Lumbricidae
(terrestrial, earthworms)

Family Octochaetidae
(terrestrial or aquatic, earthworms)

Hirudinida (Leeches)

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Family Tubificidae

(aquatic/freshwater or marine): up
 
Subfamily Tubificinae
Aulodrilus limnobius Bretscher, 1899
Aulodrilus pigueti Kowalewski, 1914
Aulodrilus pluriseta (Piguet, 1906)
Clitellio arenarius (Müller, 1776) (marine)
*Haber speciosus (Hrabe, 1931)
Heterochaeta costata Claparède, 1863 (marine)
Ilyodrilus templetoni (Southern, 1909)
Limnodrilus claparedeanus Ratzel, 1868
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862
Limnodrilus profundicola (Verrill, 1871); syn. Limnodrilus helveticus
Limnodrilus udekemianus Claparède, 1862
*Peipsidrilus pusillus Timm, 1977
Potamothrix bavaricus (Öschmann, 1913)
Potamothrix bedoti (Piguet, 1913)
Potamothrix hammoniensis (Michaelsen, 1901)
Potamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900)
Potamothrix moldaviensis Vejdovsky & Mrázek, 1902
Potamothrix vejdovskyi (Hrabe, 1941)
Psammoryctides albicola (Michaelsen, 1901)
Psammoryctides barbatus (Grube, 1861)
Spirosperma ferox Eisen, 1879
Tubifex ignotus (Stolc, 1886); syn. Tubifex filum
Tubifex tubifex (Müller, 1774)
Tubificoides amplivasatus (Erséus, 1975) (marine)
Tubificoides benedii (Udekem, 1855); syn. Peloscolex benedeni (marine)
?Tubificoides intermedius (Cook, 1969); a questionable record (marine)
Tubificoides kozloffi Baker, 1983 (marine)
Tubificoides pseudogaster (Dahl, 1960) (marine)
 
Subfamily Rhyacodrilinae
Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum Stolc, 1888
Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard, 1892
Monopylephorus rubroniveus Levinsen, 1884 (marine)
Rhyacodrilus coccineus (Vejdovsky, 1875)
Rhyacodrilus ekmani Piguet, 1928; syn. Rhyacodrilus palustris, Rhyacodrilus coccineus (part)
Rhyacodrilus falciformis Bretscher, 1901; syn. Rhyacodrilus lemani
*Rhyacodrilus subterraneus Hrabe, 1963
 
Subfamily Phallodrilinae
Aktedrilus arcticus (Erséus, 1978) (marine)
Aktedrilus monospermathecus Knöllner, 1935 (marine)
Adelodrilus cooki Erséus, 1978 (marine)
Adelodrilus pusillus Erséus, 1978 (marine)
Spiridion modricensis (Hrabe, 1973) (marine)
Thalassodrilus prostatus (Knöllner, 1935) (marine)
 
Subfamily Limnodriloidinae
Limnodriloides scandinavicus Erséus, 1982; syn. Limnodriloides barnardi (part) (marine)
Subfamily Naidinae (aquatic/largely freshwater): up
Amphichaeta sannio Kallstenius, 1892
Arcteonais lomondi (Martin, 1907)
Aulophorus furcatus (Müller, 1773)
Chaetogaster cristallinus Vejdovsky, 1883
Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
Chaetogaster diastrophus (Gruithuisen, 1828)
Chaetogaster langi Bretscher, 1896
Chaetogaster limnaei Baer, 1827
Dero digitata (Müller, 1773); syn. Dero limosa, Dero muelleri
*Dero dorsalis Ferroniere, 1899
Dero nivea Aiyer, 1929
Dero obtusa Udekem, 1855; syn. Dero perrieri
Nais alpina Sperber, 1948
Nais barbata Müller, 1773; syn. Nais obtusa
*Nais behningi  Michaelsen, 1923
Nais bretscheri Michaelsen, 1899
Nais communis Piguet, 1906
Nais elinguis Müller, 1773
Nais pardalis Piguet, 1906
Nais pseudobtusa Piguet, 1906
Nais simplex Piguet, 1906
Nais variabilis Piguet, 1906
Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773)
Paranais botniensis Sperber, 1948
Paranais frici Hrabe, 1941
Paranais litoralis (Müller, 1784)
Piguetiella blanci (Piguet, 1906)
Pristina aequiseta Bourne, 1891
(+ Pristina aequiseta "forma" foreli Piguet, 1906)
Pristina longiseta Ehrenberg, 1828
Pristinella amphibiotica (Lastockin, 1927)
Pristinella idrensis (Sperber, 1948)
Pristinella menoni (Aiyer, 1929)
Pristinella rosea (Piguet, 1906)
Ripistes parasita (Schmidt, 1847)
Slavina appendiculata (Udekem, 1855)
Specaria josinae (Vejdovsky, 1883)
Stylaria lacustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
Uncinais uncinata (Oersted, 1842)
Vejdovskyella comata (Vejdovsky, 1883)
Vejdovskyella intermedia (Bretscher, 1896)

Family Propappidae

(aquatic/freshwater): up
*Propappus volki Michaelsen, 1916 (text in Swedish)

Family Lumbriculida

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(aquatic/freshwater): up
*Lamprodrilus isoporus Michaelsen, 1901
Lumbriculus variegatus (Müller, 1774)
Rhynchelmis limosella Hoffmeister, 1843
*Rhynchelmis tetratheca (Michaelsen, 1920)
*Stylodrilus brachystylus Hrabe, 1929
Stylodrilus heringianus Claparède, 1862
Trichodrilus allobrogum Claparède, 1862

Family Branchiobdellidae

(aquatic/on freshwater crayfish): up
Branchiobdella parasita Henle, 1835

Family Enchytraeidae

(terrestrial, or aquatic/freshwater- marine): up
Achaeta aberrans Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Achaeta affinis Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Achaeta bibulba Graefe, 1989
Achaeta bifollicula Chalupsky, 1992
Achaeta bohemica (Vejdovsky, 1879)
*Achaeta brevivasa Graefe, 1980
Achaeta bulbosa Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Achaeta camerani (Cognetti, 1899)
Achaeta eiseni Vejdovsky, 1878
Buchholzia appendiculata (Buchholz, 1862)
Buchholzia fallax Michaelsen, 1887
Bryodrilus ehlersi Ude, 1892 s.lat.
*Bryodrilus parvus Nurminen, 1970
Cernosvitoviella aggtelekiensis, Dózsa-Farkas, 1970
*Cernosvitoviella ampullax Klungland & Abrahamsen, 1981
Cernosvitoviella atrata (Bretscher, 1903)
Cernosvitoviella goodhui Healy, 1975
Cernosvitoviella immota (Knöllner, 1935)
*Cernosvitoviella microtheca Rota & Healy, 1999
*Cernosvitoviella minor Dózsa-Farkas, 1990
Cognettia glandulosa (Michaelsen, 1888)
Cognettia lapponica Nurminen, 1965
Cognettia sphagnetorum (Vejdovsky, 1878)
Enchytraeus albidus Henle, 1837
Enchytraeus buchholzi Vejdovsky, 1878 s.lat.
Enchytraeus bulbosus Nielsen & Christensen, 1963
Enchytraeus christenseni christenseni  Dózsa-Farkas, 1992
Enchytraeus lacteus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Enchytraeus minutus minutus Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
Enchytraeus norvegicus Abrahamsen, 1968
Enchytronia parva Nielsen & Christensen, 1959 s.lat.
*Fridericia benti Schmelz, 2002
Fridericia bisetosa (Levinsen, 1884)
Fridericia bulboides Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Fridericia bulbosa (Rosa, 1887)
*Fridericia callosa (Eisen, 1878)
*Fridericia christeri Rota & Healy, 1999
Fridericia connata Bretscher, 1902
Fridericia deformis Möller, 1971
Fridericia galba (Hoffmeister, 1843)
*Fridericia gracilis von Bülow, 1957)
*Fridericia healyae Schmelz, 2003
Fridericia hegemon (Vejdovsky, 1878)
*Fridericia isseli Rota, 1994
*Fridericia lenta Schmelz, 2003
*Fridericia leydigi (Vejdovsky, 1878)
Fridericia cf. maculatiformis Dózsa-Farkas, 1972
Fridericia nemoralis Nurminen, 1970
*Fridericia paranemoralis Dózsa-Farkas, 1982
Fridericia paroniana Issel, 1904
Fridericia perrieri (Vejdovsky, 1878)
Fridericia ratzeli (Eisen, 1872) s.lat.
*Fridericia singula Nielsen & Christensen, 1961
*Fridericia sohlenii Rota, Healy & Erséus, 1998
Fridericia striata (Levinsen, 1884)
*Fridericia sylvatica Healy, 1979
*Fridericia ulrikae Rota & Healy, 1999
Fridericia uniampullata (Backlund, 1946)
*Fridericia waldenstroemi Rota & Healy, 1999
Grania ovitheca Erséus, 1977 (marine)
Grania postclitellochaeta (Knöllner, 1935) (marine)
Grania pusilla Erséus, 1974 (marine)
Grania roscoffensis Lasserre, 1967 (marine)
Grania variochaeta Erséus & Lasserre, 1976 (marine)
*Henlea glandulifera Nurminen, 1970
Henlea nasuta (Eisen, 1878)
Henlea perpusilla Friend, 1911
Henlea similis Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Henlea ventriculosa (Udekem, 1854)
*Hemifridericia parva Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Lumbricillus algensis Erséus, 1977 (marine)
*Lumbricillus arenarius (Michaelsen, 1889) (marine)
Lumbricillus fennicus Nurminen, 1964
Lumbricillus lineatus (Müller, 1774) (marine)
Lumbricillus pagenstecheri (Ratzel, 1869) (marine)
Lumbricillus semifuscus (Claparède, 1862) (marine)
Lumbricillus viridis Stephenson, 1911 (marine)
Marionina argentea (Michaelsen, 1889)
Marionina communis Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Marionina filiformis Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Marionina glandulifera (Jansson, 1960) (marine)
Marionina libra Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Marionina preclitellochaeta Nielsen & Christensen, 1963 (marine)
Marionina riparia Bretscher, 1899
Marionina simillima Nielsen & Christensen, 1959
Marionina southerni (Cernosvitov, 1937) (marine)
Marionina spicula (Leuckart, 1847) (marine)
Marionina sublitoralis Erséus, 1976 (marine)
Marionina subterranea (Knöllner, 1935) (marine)
Mesenchytraeus armatus (Levinsen, 1884)
Mesenchytraeus beumeri (Michaelsen, 1886)
Mesenchytraeus flavus (Levinsen, 1884)
Mesenchytraeus glandulosus (Levinsen, 1884)
Mesenchytraeus pelicensis Issel, 1905
Oconnorella cambrensis (O´Connor, 1963)
*Oconnorella tubifera (Nielsen & Christensen, 1959)
*Stercutus niveus Michaelsen, 1888

Family Lumbricidae

(terrestrial, earthworms): up
Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826)
Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826)
*Aporrectodea limicola (Michaelsen, 1890)
Aporrectodea longa (Ude, 1895)
Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826)
Bimastos eiseni (Levinsen, 1884)
*Dendrobaena attemsi (Michaelsen, 1902)
Dendrobaena hortensis (Michaelsen, 1890)
Dendrobaena octaedra (Savigny, 1826)
Dendrodrilus rubidus (Savigny, 1826)
Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)
Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826)
Lumbricus castaneus (Savigny, 1826)
Lumbricus festivus (Savigny, 1826)
?Lumbricus meliboeus Rosa, 1884
Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843
Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758
Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826)
Octolasion lacteum (Örley, 1881)

Family Octochaetidae

(terrestrial or aquatic, earthworms): up
* Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen, 1891)
*Dichogaster saliens (Beddard, 1893)

Hirudinida (Leeches)

  

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Erpobdella lineata (Müller, 1774)
Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1820)
Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hemiclepsis marginata (Müller, 1774)
Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761)
Theromyzon tessulatum (Müller, 1774)

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