---
title: "Sludge Worm"
description: "Tubifex tubifex — Andere dieren. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sludge-worm
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sludge Worm

> Tubifex tubifex — Andere dieren. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Tubifex tubifex*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 260
- Wikidata: [Q134912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84890](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84890)

## Names

- en: Sludge Worm
- de: Gemeiner Schlammröhrenwurm
- es: Lombriz de aguas negras
- fr: Tubifex
- pl: Rurecznik mułowy

## Countries with the most observations

DE (3)

## Photo

![Sludge Worm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sludge-worm/medium.jpg)

Photo: Eric A. Lazo-Wasem · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tubifex_profundicola%3F_(YPM_IZ_046230).jpeg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sludge-worm?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).