Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2010, Megadrile earthworm taxa introduced to South African soils (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae), African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 289-289 : 304-305

Genus Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874

Pontodrilus litoralis ( Grube, 1855: 127)

Described from Villa Franca on the French Riviera. Widely distributed along seashores in the tropics and subtropics of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. Littoral, sand- and mud- dwelling species. Euryhaline, easily dispersed by drifting on debris, or transported by various ways. Described in the megascolecoidea, but in recent years accredited by various authors to the acanthodrilids. Recently after revision it was accepted as megascolecoid, and was placed in the genus recommended by Beddard (1891) with Blakemore (2008 a) suggesting its placement in the restored family Pontodrilidae

Vejdovsky, 1884, although with no final decision made. In RSA recorded by Michaelsen (1913 b) from the coastal zone at Kosi Bay in Zululand (KZN) under the synonym P. bermudensis f. typicus, which Blakemore (2008 a) accredits to litoralis . Michaelsen (1910 a) gives comparative descriptions of bemudensis and litoralis , including a list of synonyms.