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Potamodrilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Potamodrilidae
Genus:	Potamodrilus Lastochkin, 1935
Species
Potamodrilus fluviatilus Potamodrilus rivularis

Potamodrilidae is a family of meiofaunal annelids, monotypically containing only the genus Potamodrilus.

Potamodrialidae is the sister group to Aeolosomatidae, by all accounts. Beyond that, its phylogenetic position is uncertain.

The species of this genus are found in Europe.

Species:

• Potamodrilus fluviatilus (Lastockin, 1935)
• Potamodrilus rivularis Lastočkin, 1935

References

1. ^ "'Potamodrilus' Lastochkin, 1935". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
2. Rouse, G. W., & Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. Book, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. Struck, Torsten H.; Purschke, Günter (2005). "The sister group relationship of Aeolosomatidae and Potamodrilidae (Annelida: 'Polychaeta') — a molecular phylogenetic approach based on 18S rDNA and cytochrome oxidase I". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 243 (4): 281–293. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2005.01.001.

Further reading

• Purschke, Günter; Hessling, René (2002). "Analysis of the Central Nervous System and Sense Organs in Potamodrilus fluviatilis (Annelida: Potamodrilidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 241: 19–35. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00019.

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