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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaAnnelidaClitellataLumbriculidaLumbriculidaeEremidrilus

Eremidrilus ritocsi Fend & Rodriguez, 2003

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Clitellata
Order Lumbriculida
Family Lumbriculidae
Genus Eremidrilus
Species Eremidrilus ritocsi Fend & Rodriguez, 2003

Synonyms

Eremidrilus ritocosi Fend & Rodriguez, 2003

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Stevens Creek, Santa Clara Co., CA

Range

Known from California in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

California

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Other

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 1007748 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype ×6
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 7
Universidad del Pais Vasco 3

10 cataloged lots in 2 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 10 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
6GDPM
GBIF
8784023
ITIS
974741
iNaturalist
171441

How to cite this account

Eremidrilus ritocsi Fend & Rodriguez, 2003. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0014. https://cavebiology.org/species/eremidrilus-ritocsi/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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