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Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomy of the Marine Genus Thalassodrilides (Oligochaeta:Tubificidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 100(4):333-344.
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Erséus, C.
1981
Taxonomy of the Marine Genus Thalassodrilides (Oligochaeta:Tubificidae)
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
100(4):333-344
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The brackish-water genus Thalassodrilides is taxonomically revised to include two clear species, Limnodriloides gurwitschi and Thalassodrilus belli, whereas Thalassodrilides milleri is retained in the genus as a species incertae sedis. Curacaodrilus is considered a junior synonym for Thalassodrilides, and Curacaodrilus sinus a junior synonym for T. gurwitschi. The species of Thalassodrilides are characterized by: (1) their possession of a barrel-shaped, thick-walled section of the esophagus in segment IX; (2) their simple atria with small lobes of broadly attached prostate glands; and (3) their muscular, elaborate eversible pseudopenes.
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Curacaodrilus Righi & Kanner, 1979 accepted as Thalassodrilides Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979 (source of synonymy)
Curacaodrilus sinus Righi & Kanner, 1979 accepted as Thalassodrilides gurwitschi (Hrabĕ, 1971) (source of synonymy)
Thalassodrilides Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979 (taxonomy source)
Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974) (additional source)
Thalassodrilides milleri Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979 (taxonomy source)
Curacaodrilus sinus Righi & Kanner, 1979 accepted as Thalassodrilides gurwitschi (Hrabĕ, 1971) (source of synonymy)
Thalassodrilides Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979 (taxonomy source)
Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974) (additional source)
Thalassodrilides milleri Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979 (taxonomy source)
Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Delaware for Thalassodrilides milleri Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979
Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Delaware for Thalassodrilides milleri Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979
Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Thalassodrilides belli (Cook, 1974)
Distribution
Brackish water, muddy fine sediments, sublittoral. [details]
Distribution
Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Bermuda and Pacific coast of Mexico [details]
Distribution
In Europe: Italy, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria (Mediterranean and Black Seas; Hrabe, 1971a,b). In America: Puerto Rico, ... [details]
Distribution
Known only from the type locality, Delaware, USA [details]
Ecology
Subtidal, more or less brackish water, generally muddy bottoms. [details]
Taxonomic remark
Erséus (1981) re-examined the type material and concluded that it may belong to Kaketio and that it was very close ... [details]
