WoRMS taxon details
Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990
475620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475620)
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
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Holotype USNM 127763, geounit Belizean part of the...
Holotype USNM 127763, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Distribution Belize and Barbados.
Etymology This species is considered as 'ancient, old-fashioned' (Latin vetustus) with regard to the position of the spermathecal...
Distribution Belize and Barbados. [details]
Etymology This species is considered as 'ancient, old-fashioned' (Latin vetustus) with regard to the position of the spermathecal...
Etymology This species is considered as 'ancient, old-fashioned' (Latin vetustus) with regard to the position of the spermathecal pores and the appearance of the male ducts [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475620 on 2025-04-03
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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
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Holotype USNM 127763, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]