WoRMS taxon details

Heterodrilus flexuosus Erséus, 1990

475738  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475738)

accepted
Species
marine
Erséus, C. (1990). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the barrier reef ecosystems at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, and other parts of the Caribbean Sea, with descriptions of twenty-seven new species and revision of Heterodrilus, Thalassodrilides and Smithsonidrilus. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(3): 243-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 127666, geounit Belizean part of the...  
Holotype USNM 127666, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Depth range Subtidal. largely coarse, sands. to at least 24 m depth  
Depth range Subtidal. largely coarse, sands. to at least 24 m depth [details]

Distribution Known only from the barrier reef off Belize  
Distribution Known only from the barrier reef off Belize [details]

Etymology This species has long. 'tortuous' (Latin flexuosus) vasa deferentia  
Etymology This species has long. 'tortuous' (Latin flexuosus) vasa deferentia [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Heterodrilus flexuosus Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475738 on 2024-03-28
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original description Erséus, C. (1990). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the barrier reef ecosystems at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, and other parts of the Caribbean Sea, with descriptions of twenty-seven new species and revision of Heterodrilus, Thalassodrilides and Smithsonidrilus. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(3): 243-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Milligan, M.R. (1996). Identification manual for the aquatic Oligochaeta of Florida. Volume II. Estuarine and nearshore marine oligochaetes. <em>Florida Departement of Environmental protection, Division of Water Facilities, Tallahasse, Florida, U.S.A.</em> 239pp. [details]   
Holotype USNM 127666, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
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Depth range Subtidal. largely coarse, sands. to at least 24 m depth [details]

Distribution Known only from the barrier reef off Belize [details]

Etymology This species has long. 'tortuous' (Latin flexuosus) vasa deferentia [details]