The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Oligochaeta

(Aquatic Earthworms)

NAIDIDAE

Limnodrilus udekemianus Clyparede

 

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Distribution Citations

1973 Harrel
1979 Harman & Loden

1980 Davis SCD-PR
1980 Davis SCD-RG
1982 Davis
1982 Davis MDCC
1982 Howard
1983 Barclay
1984 Nance
1985 Barclay & Harrel

1992 Bayer et al.

2004b Harrel

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-in rivers & lakes, and highly turbid streams, prefers silt substrates (Davis 1982)

-long worm, rarely very abundant, usually littoral (Stimpson, Klemm & Hiltunen 1982)

-found in clean to organically polluted waters (Stimpson, Klemm & Hiltunen 1982) often dominant in rivers with gross organic pollution (Davis 1982)

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                          2010

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