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Erséus, C.; Rota, E. (2003). New findings and an overview of the oligochaetous Clitellata (Annelida) of the North Atlantic deep sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116(4):892-900.
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Erséus, C.; Rota, E.
2003
New findings and an overview of the oligochaetous Clitellata (Annelida) of the North Atlantic deep sea
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
116(4):892-900
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Six species of Tubificidae are reported from abyssal depths (over 2600 m) off New York/New Jersey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Two members of the subfamily Phallodrilinae, Bathydrilus medius Erseus, 1983 and B. sandersi Erseus, 1983, previously known only from deep-sea localities in the Northeast Atlantic, are described. The known depth distributions of all deep-sea oligochaetes known to occur in the North Atlantic (38 species of Tubificidae, three species of Enchytraeidae) are analysed, and their pattern suggests that, while abyssal species tend to be distributed on both sides of the ocean, the bathyal taxa are largely endemic to either the American or the European continental slopes.
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Adelodrilus fimbriatus Erséus, 1983 (additional source)
Atlantidrilus biparis (Erséus, 1983) (additional source)
Bathydrilus medius Erséus, 1983 (additional source)
Bathydrilus sandersi Erséus, 1983 (additional source)
Mexidrilus grasslei (Erséus, 1984) (additional source)
Atlantidrilus biparis (Erséus, 1983) (additional source)
Bathydrilus medius Erséus, 1983 (additional source)
Bathydrilus sandersi Erséus, 1983 (additional source)
Mexidrilus grasslei (Erséus, 1984) (additional source)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Abyssidrilus remus (Erséus, 1979)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Adelodrilus fimbriatus Erséus, 1983
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Atlantidrilus biparis (Erséus, 1983)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Bathydrilus medius Erséus, 1983
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Bathydrilus sandersi Erséus, 1983
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Mexidrilus grasslei (Erséus, 1984)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Tubificoides aculeatus (Cook, 1970)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Adelodrilus fimbriatus Erséus, 1983
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Atlantidrilus biparis (Erséus, 1983)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Bathydrilus medius Erséus, 1983
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Bathydrilus sandersi Erséus, 1983
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Mexidrilus grasslei (Erséus, 1984)
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Tubificoides aculeatus (Cook, 1970)
Distribution
E of Delaware, ranging 2603-2630 m. Previously known from the continental slope S of Massachusetts, at about 1800 m ... [details]
Distribution
E of Delaware, 2625 m. This species is already known from S of Massachusetts (at 1764 m; Erseus 1984), as well as ... [details]
Distribution
South of Massachusetts (U.S.A.) in Northwest Atlantic , and off Ireland/France in Northeast Atlantic [details]
Distribution
E of Delaware (U.S.A.) in Northwest Atlantic, and SW of Ireland in Northeast Atlantic [details]
Distribution
E of Delaware, ranging 2603-2630 m. Previously known from the continental slope S of Massachusetts, at about 1800 m ... [details]
