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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaAnnelidaClitellataLumbriculidaLumbriculidaeTrichodrilus

Trichodrilus culveri Cook, 1975

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Clitellata
Order Lumbriculida
Family Lumbriculidae
Genus Trichodrilus
Species Trichodrilus culveri Cook, 1975

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Tub Cave, Pocahontas Co. WV

Range

Known from one county in West Virginia in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

West Virginia

Counties

West Virginia
Pocahontas

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 50867 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
USNM 50868 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 2

2 cataloged lots in 1 collection. 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 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 11 April 2023.

Subnational ranks

West Virginia
S1 Critically Imperiled

Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7D3SK
GBIF
2307989
ITIS
68462
iNaturalist
232890

References

  • Cook, D.G. 1975. Cave-dwelling aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida) from the eastern United States. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 94: 24–37. doi:10.2307/3225529

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Trichodrilus culveri Cook, 1975. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0022. https://cavebiology.org/species/trichodrilus-culveri/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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