Checklist of taxa of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta), update 2015–2025
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Enchytraeidae, list of genera, accepted species, species censusAbstract
This update of previous checklists of accepted species of Enchytraeidae (Schmelz & Collado, 2012, 2015) gives a list of new genera and species described since 2015. Included are also invalidations and revalidations of names, transfers of species to other genera, fossile taxa, and previously unpublished taxonomic opinions insofar as they affect the species census. When a species name has more than two authors, only the first author is mentioned and the rest is expressed as „et.al.“, following Recommendation 51C of the Code (ICZN, 1999). A supplement lists the accepted species of Enchytraeidae.
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