List of Annelida of Ireland
This is a list of the Annelida recorded from Ireland.
In Ireland the number of species is:
- Class Polychaeta 404 species
- Class Clitellata
- Subclass Oligochaeta 179 species
- Subclass Hirudinea 32 species [1]
Taxonomy Here the leeches and oligochaetes are placed together in the Class Clitellata. The marine Polychaeta are ranked as a Class. These groups (and the Annelida) may be monophyletic, paraphyletic or polyphyletic. (Rouse and Pleijel, 2001).
Order Phyllodocida[]
Family Chrysopetalidae[]
2 species
Family Pisionidae[]
First segment projects forward of the head. Pisione.
1 species
Family Aphroditidae[]
"Felt"-covered scale worms. Aphrodita, Laetmonice, Palmyra (Palmyridae)
4 species including
Family Polynoidae[]
29 species including
Family Pholoidae[]
Minute scale worms. Dorsal scales ringed. Pholoe, Pholoides images of Pholoidae
4 species
Family Sigalionidae[]
Scale worms (with dorsal scales) and compound neurosetae. Sigalion, Psammolyce, Sthenelais.
8 species including
Family Phyllodocidae[]
Active predators with leaf-like dorsal cirri, notopodia otherwise reduced. Phyllodoce, Eumida Eteone and many others.
38 species including
- Eulalia viridis
- Eteone foliosa
- Eteone longa
- Eumida sanguinea
- Hesionura elongata
- Phyllodoce lineata
- Phyllodoce maculata
- Phyllodoce rosea
Family Chaetopteridae[]
1 species
Family Lacydoniidae[]
A small obscure family, perhaps with hesionid affinities. Short body and proboscis unarmed. Lacydonia.
1 species
Family Alciopidae[]
Slender pelagic forms with giant eyes. Vanadis, Alciopa.
3 species
Family Lopadorrhynchidae[]
Short pelagic forms. Lopadorrhynchus.
5 species
Family Typhloscolecidae[]
Transparent pelagic group with tapering bodies and foliaceous segmental cirri. Sagitella, Typhloscolex, Travisiopsis.
2 species
Family Tomopteridae[]
Flattened pelagic forms with long cirri on segment-two. Tomopteris
2 species
Family Glyceridae[]
Cylindrical forms with a conical prostomium and four jaws. Glycera, Hemipodus.
1 species
Family Goniadidae[]
Similar to Glyceridae with the anterior parapodia uniramous, multiple jaw- pieces, and chevron structures on the proboscis. Goniada, Glycinde.
3 species
Family Sphaerodoridae[]
Dorsal rows of spherical tubercles. Sphaerodorum.
4 species
Family Hesionidae[]
10 species
Family Pilargidae[]
1 species
Family Syllidae[]
38 species including
Family Nereididae[]
10 species including
Family Nephtyidae[]
11 species including
Order Amphinomida[]
Family Amphinomidae[]
3 species
Family Euphrosinidae[]
Order []
Family Spintheridae[]
1 species
Order Eunicida[]
Family Onuphidae[]
1 species
Family Eunicidae[]
8 species
Family Lumbrineridae[]
A Eunicida group lacking notopodia and with reduced or absent dorsal head appendages. Lumbrineris, Ninoe, Lysarete.
5 species
Family Oenonidae[]
Similar to Lumbrineridae with long maxillary carriers. Arabella, Drilonereis, Oenone.
3 species
Family Dorvilleidae[]
A Eunicida group with multiple jaw elements. Dorvillea, Ophryotrocha
6 species including
Order []
Family Orbiniidae[]
3 species
Family Paraonidae[]
Resembling Spionidae (but unrelated). With or without a single antenna, with gills, and without palps. Paraonis, Aricidea.
13 species
Order Spionida[]
Family Apistobranchidae[]
1 species
Family Poecilochaetidae[]
Fragile forms with stiff parapodial lobes and multiple simple setal types. Poecilochaetus.
1 species
Family Spionidae[]
31 species including
Family Magelonidae[]
Small forms with a shovel-like head and papillose palp pair. Magelona.
5 species
Family Cirratulidae[]
12 species including
Order Cossurida[]
Family Cossuridae[]
Slender forms with a single median palp on dorsal side of one anterior setiger.
1 species
Order Terebellida[]
Family Flabelligeridae[]
Papillated body and cross-barred setae. Flabelligera, Diplocirrus, Brada.
4 species including
Family Acrocirridae[]
1 species
Order Capitellida[]
Family Capitellidae[]
9 species including
Family Arenicolidae[]
3 species including
- Arenicola marina
Family Maldanidae[]
Bamboo worms. Long and cylindrical and truncate at one or both ends. Most with long, cylindrical segments with a pair of nuchal slits and a median cephalic keel. Maldane, Axiothella, Rhodine, Nicomache.
10 species
Order Opheliida[]
Family Opheliidae[]
9 species including
Family Scalibregmatidae[]
Maggot-like or anteriorly inflated group with a small T-shaped prostomium. Scalibregma, Hyboscolex.
4 species including
Order Nerillida[]
Family Nerillidae[]
1 species
Order []
Family Polygordiidae[]
Elongate nematode-like forms without setae, and with a stiff frontal tentacle pair. Polygordius.
2 species
Order Protodrilida[]
Family Protodrilidae[]
Minute forms without setae and with a flexible tentacle pair (near-frontal, but separated). They live in spaces between sediment grains. Protodrilus.
1 species
Order []
Family Saccocirridae[]
1 species
Order []
Family Oweniidae[]
2 species
Order Terebellida[]
Family Pectinariidae[]
3 species
Family Sabellariidae[]
3 species including
Family Ampharetidae[]
Forms with no posterior notosetae and usually with simple, transversely-arranged gills. Ampharete, Melinna
5 species including
Family Trichobranchidae[]
Resemble Terebellidae but have long-handled hooks. Terebellides.
2 species
Family Terebellidae[]
23 species including
Order Sabellida[]
Family Sabellidae[]
19 species including
Family Serpulidae[]
8 species including
- Janua pagenstecheri
- Ficopomatus enigmaticus
- Serpula vermicularis
- Pomatoceros triqueter
- Pomatoceros lamarckii
Family Spirorbidae[]
Small asymmetric fan worms with coiled calcareous tubes cemented to algae and rock. Spirorbis.
8 species including
Order Myzostomida[]
Family Myzostomidae[]
1 species
Class Aphanoneura
Family Aeolosomatidae[]
Class Clitellata Subclass Oligochaeta
Order Opisthopora[]
Family Acanthodrilidae[]
1 species
Family Octochaetidae[]
1 species
Family Lumbricidae[]
26 species [2]
- Allolobophora chlorotica
- Aporrectodea caliginosa
- Aporrectodea rosea
- Dendrobaena veneta
- Dendrodrilus rubidus
- Eisenia fetida
- Lumbricus festivus
- Lumbricus rubellus
- Lumbricus terrestris
- Octolasion lacteum
Order Enchytraeida[]
Family Enchytraeidae[]
96 species
Order Tubificida[]
Family Naididae[]
50 species
Order Lumbriculida[]
Family Lumbriculidae[]
5 species
Class Clitellata Subclass Hirudinea
Order Arhynchobdellida[]
Family Erpobdellidae[]
5 species
Family Hirudinidae[]
1 species
Order Rhynchobdellida[]
Family Glossiphoniidae[]
7 species
Family Ozobranchidae[]
2 species
Family Piscicolidae[]
17 species
References[]
- ^ T. K. McCarthy, T.K., 1975 Observations on the Distribution of the Freshwater Leeches (Hirudinea) of Ireland Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science Vol. 75 (1975), pp. 401-451
- ^ Blakemore, R.J. 2005. British and Irish earthworms – A checklist of species updated from Sims & Gerard pdf .
- Fauna Europaea
- McIntosh, William Carmichael A monograph of the British marine annelids. London, The Ray society,1873/1900-1922/23.online
- Bellan, G. (2001) Polychaeta in Costello, M.J. (2001).European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.
- P. J. Hayward and J. S. Ryland Eds., 1999 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe Oxford University Press ISBN 9780198540557
- Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
- Fauvel P., 1923. Polychètes errantes. Faune de France n° 5 488 p., 181 fig.PDF (25 Mo) (Identification)
- Fauvel P., 1927. Polychètes sédentaires. Faune de France n° 16 494 p., 152 fig.PDF (25 Mo) (Identification)
- World Register of Marine Species Searchable for Irish list
External links[]
- Bernard E. Picton and Christine C. Morrow Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
- MarLIN Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland.
- Roche C., Clarke S. & O’Connor B. (2005) Inventory of Irish marine wildlife publications. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 16. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
- Marine species identification portal
- Barnich, R Scale worms in British and Irish waters
- Lists of invertebrates of Europe
- Lists of biota of Ireland
- Annelids