The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Oligochaeta

(Aquatic Earthworms)

NAIDIDAE

Nais elinguis Mueller

 

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Distribution Citations

1980 Davis & Buzan
1982 Davis
1982 Davis MDCC
1982 Newberry

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

notes:

-First Texas Record  reported by Davis (1982)

-found in fresh and brackish waters with salinities up to 18 ppt (Davis 1982)

-tolerate a wide range of physicochemical conditions (Davis 1982)

-good indicator of moderate organic pollution (Dumnicka 1978 in Davis 1982)

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                          2010

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