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Aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida: Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Naididae, Tubificidae) of Utah Western North American Naturalist Volume 63 Number 3 Article 7 8-6-2003 Aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida: Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Naididae, Tubificidae) of Utah Douglas R. Spencer Richard L. Denton Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, Utah Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan Recommended Citation Spencer, Douglas R. and Denton, Richard L. (2003) "Aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida: Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Naididae, Tubificidae) of Utah," Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 63 : No. 3 , Article 7. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol63/iss3/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western North American Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. \Vestern North American Naturalist 63(3), ©2003, pp. 343-352 AQUATIC OLIGOCHAETA (ANNELIDA: LUMBRICULIDAE, HAPLOTAXIDAE, NAIDIDAE, TUBIFICIDAE) OF UTAH Douglas R. Spencer1 and Richard L. Denton2 ABSTRACf.-Thirty-six species of aquatic Oligochaeta (Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Naididae, Tubificidae) are now known from Utah. Aquatic habitats in 27 counties were sampled, \vith 32 oligochaete species identified. An additional 4 species were added from other published investigations. The majority of species are cosmopolitan and occur in other areas of North America. Nais barbata, N. alpina, and N. pardalis are reported from the western United States for the first time. Ilyodrilus jrantzi was found to be a major component of the oligochaete fauna in the Creat Basin lentic environ­ ment. The North American distribution of TeIm{ltodrilus vejdovskyi is extended significantly eaShvard. Two undeter­ mined species ofTubificidae are discussed. Key worcU: North America, Utah, Annelida, Oligoch{leta, Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Naididae, Tubificidae, distri­ bution. The aquatic Oligochaeta are poorly known out the state during 1976 and 1977 (UDWQ). for the state of Utah. Only 4 published sources Additional collections were taken in 1977 by the are known to us that document the aquatic authors (DRS and RLD, or RLD), including worm fauna within the state. Brinkhurst (1965) samples from Utah and Bear Lakes. Recently, noted Peloseolex multisetosus being collected other Utah oligochate collections were made u near Salt Lake City"; and Spencer (1978) available to us courtesy of Aquatic Biology documented Potomothrix bODorieus from the Associates (ABA), the Illinois Natural History Sevier River in Sevier County. A North Amer­ Survey (INHS), and Brigham Young University ican taxonomic key to the freshwater oligo­ (BYU). chaetes mentions Oligochaeta occurring in Utah Oligochaetes collected by the authors were (Kathman and Brinkhurst 1999); however, no initially fixed in the field with 10% formalin and details were given on specific locations within then transferred to 70% alcohol. The worms the state. Fend and Brinkhurst (2000) recently were then mounted in Ammans lactophenol published an extensive paper on the Lumbri­ and allowed to clear for several days or dehy­ culidae, which included data on several species drated and placed in Canada balsam prior to ofaquatic oligochaetes collected from Utah. identification. Specimens were examined micro~ One of us (RLD) was able to gain access to scopically under 100X to lOOOX magnification. a number of oligochaete collections from a The taxonomy of certain North American variety of aquatic habitats in the state. Thirty­ genera within the Tubificidae is confused (Brink­ two species of worms from 4 families were hurst 1979, 1981, 1986, Holmquist 1978, 1979, identified from those and other samples made 1985). We have chosen to follow that of Brink­ available to us from Utah. hurst and Jamieson (1971) and Brinkhurst (1986) for that group to maintain continuity with pre­ METHODS AND MATERIALS viously published North American literature. We also collected specimens of Enchytraei­ Collections for this report originated from dae; however, classification below the family several sources. We obtained the majority of level was not possible due to the lack ofreliable specimens from benthos samples taken by the taxonomic keys and descriptions for aquatic Utah Department of Environmental Quality material. (formerly Department of Health), Division of We have attempted to provide an initial sum­ Water Quality, £i'om a variety ofareas through- mary and description of the Utah fauna along IOligochaete taxonomist. By requc~t ofthe author, his contact infonnation ha> been omitted. 2Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality, PO Box 144$70, 26S North 1460 West, Salt Lake City, UT $4114·4$70. Corre­ sponding author. 343 344 WESTERN NORTH A"IERICAN NATURALIST [Volume 63 with pertinent published and unpublished dis­ Bronchium As further collections are taken from tribution records for these species from the other localities in Utah, these and other gen­ western United States (localities west of tlie era may be added to future lists from the state. Continental Divide excluding Alaska and Hawaii). ACKNOWLEDGMENTS RESULTS AND DISCUSS rON The authors wish to thank Ralph O. Brink­ hurst, Aquatic Resources Center, Franklin, Thirty-six species of aquatic Oligochaeta Tennessee; Trefor B. Reynoldson, Environ­ (Lumbriculidae, Haplotaxidae, Tubificidae, and ment Canada, Canadian Center for Inland Naididae) are now recorded from Utah (Appen­ Waters, Burlington, Ontario; and Mark J. Wet­ dix). Tlie aquatic oligochaete fauna of Utah zel, Illinois Natural History Survey, Cham­ appears to consist mainly of cosmopolitan paign, Illinois, who reviewed an earlier ver­ species that are found in many other regions sion of the manuscript and provided many of the continental United States. However, the helpful criticisms. Wetzel also loaned us speci­ discovery of 2 tubificid species in OUf collec­ mens from his collections. We appreciate the tions is particularly noteworthy. generosity of the state of Utah, Department of In Utah and Bear Lakes, Ilyodrilus frantzi Environmental Quality, for their diligence in was by far the dominant oligochaete species, collecting samples. The authors also acknowl­ especially in the profundal regions of both edge the efforts of Mark Coleman, Fish and lakes (Bear Lake: ca. 35-£0 m; Utah Lake: ca. Wildlife Service, Colorado Cooperative Fish­ 3-4 m). This species is presently recognized as ery Research Unit, Colorado State University, a western North American endemic species Fort Collins, Colorado, for providing the senior and now appears to be a major component of author with specimens from Pyramid Lake the large lentic habitats of the Great Basin. In several years ago. The senior author expresses addition to published accounts of the species his deepest appreciation to Charles R. Goleman, from Lake Tahoe (Brinkhurst 1965), the senior professor of limnology, University of Califor­ author discovered it in a collection from Pyra­ nia-Davis, for permitting him to examine the mid Lake, Nevada. It appears to survive in fairly Lake Tahoe material in 1979. We appreciate eutrophic waters (Utah Lake) as well as under Robert E. Wisseman, Aquatic Biology Associ­ oligotrophic conditions (Bear Lake, Pyramid ates, Corvallis, Oregon, for providing the col­ Lake, and Lake Tahoe). lection from the Ogden area. \Ve also give spe­ Telmatodrilus vejdovskyi is considered to cial thanks to Richard W. Baumann, Monte L. be endemic to western North America. The Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young records from Utah reported here indicate that University, Provo, Utah, for providing the senior author oligochaete specimens from the the species is found in both the southern and university collections. Our gratitude is also ex­ northern portions of the state. The authors tended to the reviewers, who provided many also collected T vejdovskyi from Franklin helpful suggestions and comments on our County in southern Idaho. This species has manuscript, especially the associate editor of not previously been found east of the Sierra the Western North American Naturalist. \iVe Nevada range in California, being mainly thank Lynn T. Lesko, Chelsea, Michigan, for found along the Pacific coastal region. Records her expertise with the photomicrographs, and reported here significantly increase the east­ the Great Lakes Science Center; United States ern distribution of this species in the conti­ Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for nental United States. use oftheir photographic equipment. Several genera previously recorded from the western United States were not collected LITERATURE CITED from Utah. Missing from our preliminary list are the following: the lumbriculid genera Eclipi­ BRI?\iKHURST, R.O. 1964, Studies on the North American drilus, Lumbriculus, Phagodrilus, and Stylodri­ aquatic Oligochaeta. I: Naididae and Opistocystidae. Ius; the naidid genera Specaria, Pristino, and Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Arcteonais; and the tubificid genera Tasserki­ Philadelphia 116:195-230. _~. 1965. Studies on the North American aquatic drilus, lsochaetides, Psammoryctides, Tener­ Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. Proceedings ofthe Acad­ idrilus, Varichaetadrilus, Spirospenna, and emy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 117:117-172. 2003] UTAH OLlGOCHAETA 345 ----,;0-" 1967. The distribution of aquatic oligochaetes in ervoir, California. Water Resources Research 9: Saginaw
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