5-574: Limnodriloidinae Naidinae Phallodrilinae Pristininae (disputed) Rhyacodrilinae Telmatodrilinae Tubificinae Tubificidae Vejdovský , 1876 The Naididae (including the former family Tubificidae ) are a family of clitellate oligochaete worms like the sludge worm, Tubifex tubifex . They are key components of the benthic communities of many freshwater and marine ecosystems . In freshwater aquaria they may be referred to as detritus worms . These worms can vary in size, from centimeters to millimeters, depending on
10-485: The senior synonym of Tubificidae. A proposal to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to suppress Naididae, because the "tubificids" are the more well-known group of the two, was rejected. The family Naididae is divided into six subfamilies, arranged here in the presumed phylogenetic sequence: In an aquarium , numbers of naididae can increase rapidly. When their population becomes high,
15-486: The ecosystem of an aquarium. [REDACTED] Media related to Naididae at Wikimedia Commons This annelid -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Limnodriloidinae See text Limnodriloidinae is a subfamily of clitellate oligochaete worms . The following genera are currently recognized within Limnodriloidinae: This annelid -related article
20-457: The subfamily. They are all hermaphroditic and lack a larval stage. Analysis of 18S rDNA sequences revealed that the traditional family Tubificidae is not monophyletic , with the traditionally circumscribed Naididae nested within tubificid taxa. To avoid paraphyly the naidid and tubificid taxa were included in a combined family, which took the name Naididae because it has priority under International Code of Zoological Nomenclature rules as
25-502: The worms migrate toward the surface of the water for access to higher concentrations of oxygen. Although detritus worms may not cause harm to aquarium fish, their appearance is an indication of poor water quality mainly due to overfeeding and lack of good water sanitation. Improvement of water quality, filtration, gravel cleaning, and the reduction of feeding, may be performed to bring detritus worm population back to normal. Detritus worms feed on excess food and waste, thereby contributing to
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