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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaAnnelidaClitellataLumbriculidaLumbriculidaeStylodrilus

Stylodrilus wahkeenensis Rodriguez & Coates, 1996

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Clitellata
Order Lumbriculida
Family Lumbriculidae
Genus Stylodrilus
Species Stylodrilus wahkeenensis Rodriguez & Coates, 1996

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum length
6 mm

Distribution

Type locality

hyporheic waters in Wahkeena Creek, Multnomah Co., OR

Range

Known from three counties across three states across three karst regions.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee

Counties

Alabama
Blount
Oregon
Multnomah
Tennessee
Sevier

Karst regions

Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau, Other

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
ROMIZ39142 · Royal Ontario Museum
Paratype
ROMIZ39143 · Royal Ontario Museum

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Royal Ontario Museum 5
Universidad del Pais Vasco 1

6 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 6 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

Ranks looked up 2 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
6ZZCN
GBIF
9333295
ITIS
974785

References

  • Rodriguez, P. & Coates, K.A. 1996. A new American Stylodrilus species (Lumbriculidae, Oligochaeta). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 92–96. doi:10.1139/z96-012

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Stylodrilus wahkeenensis Rodriguez & Coates, 1996. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0020. https://cavebiology.org/species/stylodrilus-wahkeenensis/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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