Haplotaxina Lumbricina Moniligastrina Tubificina The Haplotaxida are one of two orders within the annelid subclass Oligochaeta, the other being the Lumbriculida.

Given that the other clitellatan annelids are embedded between and around the Haplotaxida and Lumbriculida, the traditional Oligochaeta are a paraphyletic assemblage.

Thus, the Haplotaxida might eventually be up-ranked to subclass status within the Clitellata or an expanded Oligochaeta, with the present suborders advancing to order rank.

The latter – though without merging the Oligochaeta and Clitellata – has been proposed time and again in the past, most prominently for the distinct Moniligastrina.

Of the four suborders of Haplotaxida, two are minor lineages, monotypic at family level.