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Tubifex
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Tubifex

Tubifex is a cosmopolitan genus of tubificid annelids that inhabits the sediments of lakes, rivers and occasionally sewer lines. At least 13 species of Tubifex have been identified, with the exact number not certain, as the species are not easily distinguishable from each other.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sludge Worm

speciesTubifex tubifex

Tubifex newaensis

speciesTubifex newaensis

Tubifex smirnowi

speciesTubifex smirnowi

Tubifex nerthus

speciesTubifex nerthus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84891.