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Potamothrix heuscheri

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Potamothrix heuscheri is a species in the family Naididae, order Tubificida.

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Quick facts about Potamothrix heuscheri

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

Where does Potamothrix heuscheri live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Potamothrix heuscheri as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Estonia
  3. Poland
  4. Russia
  5. Sweden

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 Potamothrix heuscheri 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 Potamothrix heuscheri classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. orderTubificida
  5. familyNaididae
  6. genusPotamothrix
  7. SpeciesPotamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher, 1900)

Synonyms Euilyodrilus heuscheri, Euilyodrilus orientalis, Ilyodrilus heuscheri, Ilyodrilus orientalis, Tubifex heuscheri

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • 긴털하천물지렁이Korean
  • NaaldborsteltjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Potamothrix heuscheri

Other species in the same genus Potamothrix.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Potamothrix heuscheri an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Potamothrix heuscheri as introduced in 5 countries: Belgium, Estonia, Poland, Russia and Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Potamothrix heuscheri?

Potamothrix heuscheri (Potamothrix heuscheri) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{potamothrix_heuscheri_2026,
  title = {Potamothrix heuscheri (Potamothrix heuscheri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/potamothrix-heuscheri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}