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Erséus, C.; Wang, H. (2003). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Dampier area, Western Australia. In: F.E. Wells, D.J. Walker & D.S. Jones. The marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 363-394.
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Erséus, C.; Wang, H.
2003
Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Dampier area, Western Australia.
In: F.E. Wells, D.J. Walker & D.S. Jones. The marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth
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Twenty-two species of Tubificidae are reported from intertidal and shallow-water subtidal habitats in the area near Dampier, on the northern coast of Western Australia. Five species are new to science, Ainudrilus vallus sp. n., Heterodrilus carinatus sp. n. (both Rhyacodrilinae), Albanidrilus pulcher sp. n., Bathydrilus paramunitus sp. n. (both Phallodrilinae), and Tectidrilus borioides sp. n. (Limnodriloidinae), while six others (Ainudrilus gibsoni, Heronidrilus cf. gravidus, Limnodriloides tenuiductus, Limnodriloides tarutensis, Smithsonidrilus ludmillae, and Smithsonidrilus grandiculus) are recorded from Western Australia for the first time. Based on the new material, taxonomic notes are given also for Heterodrilus devexus, Pectinodrilus multiplex, Duridrilus piger and Smithsonidrilus edgari. With the additions of taxa from the Dampier area, a total of 90 species of marine Tubificidae have now been recorded from Western Australia. The results corroborate the position of the northern coast of the Australian continent as a hotspot for this oligochaete group.
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Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Olavius clavatus (Erséus, 1981) 
Australian part of the Coral Sea for Coralliodrilus bidentatus Erséus, 1993 
Australian part of the Indian Ocean for Coralliodrilus bidentatus Erséus, 1993 
Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Barbados for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Barrier Reef for Limnodriloides armatus Erséus, 1982 
Barrier Reef for Limnodriloides tenuiductus Erséus, 1982 
Barrier Reef for Olavius clavatus (Erséus, 1981) 
Barrier Reef for Smithsonidrilus grandiculus (Erséus, 1983) 
Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone for Doliodrilus diverticulatus Erséus, 1984 
Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone for Limnodriloides tenuiductus Erséus, 1982 
Fiji Islands for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Hong Kong for Ainudrilus gibsoni Erséus, 1990 
Hong Kong for Duridrilus piger Erséus, 1984 
Hong Kong for Limnodriloides lateroporus Erséus, 1997 
Hong Kong for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Ainudrilus gibsoni Erséus, 1990 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Ainudrilus vallus Erséus & Wang, 2003 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Doliodrilus diverticulatus Erséus, 1984 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Duridrilus piger Erséus, 1984 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Heterodrilus carinatus Erséus & Wang, 2003 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Heterodrilus decipiens Erséus, 1997 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Heterodrilus devexus Erséus, 1997 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Limnodriloides armatus Erséus, 1982 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Limnodriloides lateroporus Erséus, 1997 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Limnodriloides tarutensis Erséus, 1986 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Limnodriloides tenuiductus Erséus, 1982 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Pectinodrilus multiplex (Erséus, 1990) 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Smithsonidrilus edgari Erséus, 1993 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Smithsonidrilus grandiculus (Erséus, 1983) 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Smithsonidrilus ludmillae Erséus, 1997 
Northwest Australian Shelf for Tectidrilus borioides Erséus & Wang, 2003 
Sahul Shelf for Doliodrilus diverticulatus Erséus, 1984 
Sahul Shelf for Limnodriloides lateroporus Erséus, 1997 
Sahul Shelf for Pectinodrilus multiplex (Erséus, 1990) 
Sahul Shelf for Smithsonidrilus ludmillae Erséus, 1997 
Saudi Arabian part of the Persian Gulf for Limnodriloides tarutensis Erséus, 1986 
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone for Limnodriloides rubicundus Erséus, 1982 
West Central Australian Shelf for Smithsonidrilus edgari Erséus, 1993 
Holotype WAM V 4288, geounit Northwest Australian Shelf, identified as Ainudrilus vallus Erséus & Wang, 2003
Holotype WAM V 4309, geounit Northwest Australian Shelf, identified as Heterodrilus carinatus Erséus & Wang, 2003
Holotype WAM V 4310, geounit Northwest Australian Shelf, identified as Albanidrilus pulcher Erséus & Wang, 2003
Holotype WAM V 4316, geounit Northwest Australian Shelf, identified as Bathydrilus paramunitus Erséus & Wang, 2003
Holotype WAM V 4320, geounit Northwest Australian Shelf, identified as Tectidrilus borioides Erséus & Wang, 2003
 Depth range

Subtidal, at about 13 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Subtidal medium to coarse sand, 0.5 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Lower intertidal and subtidal medium to coarse sand, to at least 8 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Lower intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 15 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 24 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sandy or silty sediments, to at least 12 m depth [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal, generally muddy, sands, to at least 74 m depth [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sediments, to at least 4 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 14 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 1.5 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 2.5 m depth. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 4.5 m depth. [details]

 Distribution

Known only from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia [details]

 Distribution

Known only from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. [details]

 Distribution

Queensland (Great Barrier Reef) and Western Australia. [details]

 Distribution

Saudi Arabia, Western Australia, and Northern Territory; recently also found in Southern China (Wang and Erséus, ... [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, Northern Territory and Hong Kong.  [details]

 Distribution

Known only from Western Australia. [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, and probably also Northern Territory [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, Queensland.  [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia and Northern Territory (Australia), and Hong Kong.  [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, Northern Territorry, Queensland, Fiji, Hawaii, southern China, Barbados, Venezuela, Belize, ... [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, Saudi Arabia.  [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, Queensland (Great Barrier Reef), southern China, Saudi Arabia.  [details]

 Distribution

Queensland (Great Barrier Reef), Northern Territory and Western Australia. [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia, Northern Territory.  [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia and Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). [details]

 Distribution

Western Australia and Northern Territory [details]

 Distribution

Known only from the Dampier area, Western Australia. [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal sandy substrate near mangroves [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal medium sand. [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal and subtidal mangrove sediments, brackish-water and marine. [details]

 Ecology

Lower intertidal medium to coarse sand (holotype from Dampier area), and subtidal (4 m) clean coarse sand specimen ... [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal or barely subtidal, medium to coarse sand. [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal and subtidal sediments, either associated with mangroves or seagrass. [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal sand [details]

 Ecology

Intertidal pool with coarse to medium sand. [details]

 Etymology

Named vallus, which is Latin for ’stake’, ’pole’, alluding to the single, straight penial chaetae ... [details]

 Etymology

Named pulcher, Latin for ”beautiful”, for its astonishing penial chaetae. [details]

 Etymology

Named paramunitus for its close similarity with B. munitus [details]

 Etymology

Named carinatus, Latin for ”keel-shaped”, for the characteristic nodes on the penial chaetae. [details]

 Etymology

Named borioides, for its resemblance to T. bori [details]

 Taxonomic remark

This species was originally decribed from an intertidal mangrove site in Hong Kong (Erséus, 1990), but never ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Heronidrilus is a circumtropical genus with a majority of its species described from the Indo-Pacific region ... [details]