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Isochaeta  Pointner, 1911
Taxonomic Serial No.: 68820

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Common Name(s): aquatic oligochaete worm [English]
  
  Valid Name: Tubificinae Vejdovský, 1876
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Mark J. Wetzel  
  Notes: Oligochaetologist and Curator/Collections Manager of the INHS Annelida Collection, Illinois Natural History Survey, Forbes Natural History Building, MC-652, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61801 USA   
  Reference for: Isochaeta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes 2013, website (version 2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: Wetzel, M.J., R.D. Kathman, S.V. Fend, and K.A. Coates. 2013. Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes occurring in North America north of Mexico. World Wide Web URL: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/people/mjwetzel/fwoligonachecklist   
  Reference for: Isochaeta   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Isochaeta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brinkhurst, Ralph O.  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: A contribution to the taxonomy of the Tubificinae (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 94, no. 4   
  Page(s): 1048-1067   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34607563   
  Reference for: Isochaeta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pointner, Hermann  
  Publication Date: 1911   
  Article/Chapter Title: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Oligochaetenfauna der Gewässer von Graz   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, vol. 98   
  Page(s): 626-676   
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  Notes: This paper was apparently also printed separately in 'Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut zu Graz, vol. 9' on pp. 269-319 [1912?]   
  Reference for: Isochaeta   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The genus Isochaeta was reviewed by Brinkhurst (1981); doubt surrounding the existence, and thus the validity of the type species, Isochaeta virulenta Pointner, 1911 (a European taxon), resulted in Brinkhurst considering this taxon to be a species dubium; Brinkhurst, in the same paper, then emended the genus Isochaetides, reasigning those taxa formerly in the genus Isochaeta to the genus Isochaetides  
    Brinkhurst (1981) notes that Isochaeta virulenta Pointner 1911 (the type of the genus Isochaeta) has been synonymized under Limnodrilus udekemianus, and regards it as a species dubium. Isochaeta Pointner, 1911 is a junior homonym of copepod genus Isochaeta Giesbrecht, 1889, despite the fact that the copepod name was suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy (ICZN Opinion 1613, September 1990)  
 

 

    

 
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