Tubifex tubifex ( Mueller , 1774)

Baturina, Maria A., Kaygorodova, Irina A. & Loskutova, Olga A., 2020, New data on species diversity of Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea) in the Kharbey lakes system, Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Russia), ZooKeys 910, pp. 43-78 : 43

43. Tubifex tubifex ( Mueller, 1774)

Lumbricus tubifex Müller, 1774

Geographic distribution.

Cosmopolitan species excluding the tropic areas. In the Russian tundra: Murmansk Region ( Finogenova 1975; Timm and Popchenko 1978), Vaygach Island ( Leshko et al. 2008), the Pechora River delta ( Baturina 2018); the Vashutkiny lakes system ( Finogenova 1966); Lake Ambarty and some other lakes in the Korotaikha River basin ( Popchenko 1978), lakes in central part of Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Belyakov and Skvortsov 1994), lakes in the More-yu River basin, Lake Bolshoy Ngosovey and lakes in the More-yu River basin ( Baturina and Loskutova 2010), lakes in the Malaya Usa River basin ( Baturina et al. 2014b), the Kara River basin ( Baturina and Loskutova 2010), the Norilsk group of lakes ( Vershinin 1960), northern part of Western Siberia ( Zaloznyj 1984), the Lena River Delta ( Gukov 1990), the Gyda River basin ( Zaloznyj 1984), the Yamal Peninsula ( Stepanov 2016, 2017, 2018), the Tanama River ( Gundrizer et al. 1977), and the Yenisey River delta ( Chekanovskaya 1956).

Location.

Bolshoy Kharbey Lake (67°34'42.3"N, 62°52'57.1"E; 67°34'34.3"N, 62°52'17.4"E; 67°35'7.7"N, 62°54'46.9"E; 67°34'3.5"N, 62°52'17.9"E; 67°33'48.2"N, 62°55'2.6"E; 67°32'48.3"N, 62°53'49.7"E; 67°31'38"N, 62°53'2.8"E); Lake Golovka (67°36'06"N, 62°55'28.6"E; 67°35'50"N, 62°55'25.3"E; 67°36'21.2"N, 62°56'6.6"E); Lake D2 (67°35'52.8"N, 62°53'52.6"E); Lake K1 (67°36'22.1"N, 62°52'20.3"E; 67°36'17.6"N, 62°52'35"E); Lake K2 (67°32'56.1"N, 62°51'39.7"E); Lake L (67°35'41.5"N, 62°49'34.7"E; 67°35'46"N, 62°49'44.8"E); temporary pond (67°58'00"N, 62°34'60"E).

Ecology.

This is one of the numerous and widespread oligochaete species in the Kharbey lakes system. It was found on various substrates (from the water edge to 8.0 m in depth).