WoRMS source details
Tubificoides brownae Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979 (additional source)
Tubificoides imajimai Brinkhurst, 1985 (additional source)
Tubificoides lunatus Milligan, 1991 (original description)
Tubificoides pollex Milligan, 1991 (original description)
Holotype USNM 135415, geounit Gulf of Mexico, identified as Tubificoides lunatus Milligan, 1991
subdtidal mud and muddy sand, 4.5-12.5m depth [details]
British Columbia to California, Massachusetts to South Carolina, Gulf of Mexico and Saudi Arabia [details]
Southern People's Republic of China, Southern Japan and Puerto Rico [details]
Known only from the type locality off the west coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Known only from area of type locality off the west coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico [details]
The name lunatus is Latin for crescent moon shape referring to the tip of the flap=like projection on the penis sheath [details]
The name pollex is Latin for thumb, referring to the thumb-like resemblance of the cuticular penis sheath [details]
In the Original paper the latitude must false as it was 27ᵒ25'85" N which automatically becomes 27ᵒ26'25" [details]