Dero righii Varela, 1990
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dero righii Varela, 1990
- Name authority
- Varela, 1990
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Class
- Clitellata
- Order
- Tubificida
- Family
- Naididae
- Genus
- Dero
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumAnnelida
- classClitellata
- subclassOligochaeta Grube, 1850
- orderTubificida Jamieson, 1978
- suborderTubificina
- familyNaididae Ehrenberg, 1831
- subfamilyNaidinae Ehrenberg, 1831
- genusDero Oken, 1815
- speciesDero righii Varela, 1990
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dero. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dero abranchiata Harman, 1977 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero asiatica Černosvitov, 1930 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero cooperi Stephenson, 1932 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero digitata (Müller, 1774) | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dero (Dero) haitiensis Dumnicka, 1986 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dero indica Naidu, 1962 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dero oblongata Grimm, 1985 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero palmata Aiyer, 1929 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero raviensis (Stephenson, 1914) | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero sawayai Marcus, 1943 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dero scalariformis Righi & Hamoui, 2002 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dero trifida Loden, 1979 | NaididaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Varela, M. E. (1990). Taxonomic and ecological notes about some oligochaetes of freshwater of northeastern Argentina. I. Naididae. Studies on Neotropical Fauna & Environment, 25. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34XPG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.