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Aquatic oligochaete worm

Potamothrix bavaricus (Oschmann, 1913)

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The aquatic oligochaete worm (Potamothrix bavaricus) is a species in the family Naididae, order Tubificida.

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Quick facts about the aquatic oligochaete worm

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the aquatic oligochaete worm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the aquatic oligochaete worm as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Belarus
  2. Estonia
  3. Poland
  4. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the aquatic oligochaete worm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the aquatic oligochaete worm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderTubificida
  5. familyNaididae
  6. genusPotamothrix
  7. SpeciesPotamothrix bavaricus (Oschmann, 1913)

Synonyms Euilyodrilus bavaricus, Euilyodrilus moldaviensis, Ilyodrilus bavaricus, Tubifex bavaricus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • 바바리아긴털하천물지렁이Korean
  • SpeerborsteltjeDutch

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Relatives of the aquatic oligochaete worm

Other species in the same genus Potamothrix.

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Common questions

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Is the aquatic oligochaete worm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the aquatic oligochaete worm as introduced in 4 countries: Belarus, Estonia, Poland and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the aquatic oligochaete worm?

The aquatic oligochaete worm (Potamothrix bavaricus) belongs to the family Naididae in the order Tubificida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Aquatic oligochaete worm (Potamothrix bavaricus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/potamothrix-bavaricus

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“Aquatic oligochaete worm (Potamothrix bavaricus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/potamothrix-bavaricus.

BibTeX
@misc{potamothrix_bavaricus_2026,
  title = {Aquatic oligochaete worm (Potamothrix bavaricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/potamothrix-bavaricus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}