WoRMS taxon details
Heronidrilus Erséus & Jamieson, 1981
475520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475520)
accepted
Genus
Macquaridriloides Erséus & Jamieson, 1981 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Heronidrilus bihamis Erséus & Jamieson, 1981
- Species Heronidrilus clayi Erséus, 1993
- Species Heronidrilus fastigatus Erséus & Jamieson, 1981
- Species Heronidrilus gravidus Erséus, 1990
- Species Heronidrilus heronae (Erséus & Jamieson, 1981)
- Species Heronidrilus hutchingsae Erséus, 1990
- Species Heronidrilus fasigatus Erséus, 1981 accepted as Heronidrilus fastigatus Erséus & Jamieson, 1981 (lapsus)
marine
Erseus, C.; Jamieson, B. G. M. (1981). Two New Genera of Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Australia's Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 105-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1981.tb00489.x [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology Worm (‘-drilus’ Gr.) from Heron Reef
Taxonomic remark Heronidrilus is a circumtropical genus with a majority of its species described from the Indo-Pacific region (Erséus and...
Etymology Worm (‘-drilus’ Gr.) from Heron Reef [details]
Taxonomic remark Heronidrilus is a circumtropical genus with a majority of its species described from the Indo-Pacific region (Erséus and...
Taxonomic remark Heronidrilus is a circumtropical genus with a majority of its species described from the Indo-Pacific region (Erséus and Jamieson, 1981; Erséus, 1984a, 1990b, 1992a, 1993, 1997a–c; Erséus and Davis, 1989). Heronidrilus gravidus, however, was described from the Caribbean area in the Atlantic Ocean (Erséus, 1990c), and a morphologically similar form, ”H. cf. gravidus”, was subsequently reported from Australia´s Northern Territory (Erséus, 1997b) While all other named species develop complete male genitalia, the members of the gravidus- complex have rudimentary male ducts and have been regarded as uniparental, possibly parthenogenetic worms. Erséus (1997b: 103) pointed out, however, that ”the genus may include more than one form that has evolved parthenogenesis”, i.e. the Caribbean and Australian individuals may not be conspecific or even monophyletic. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Heronidrilus Erséus & Jamieson, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475520 on 2024-05-08
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original description
Erseus, C.; Jamieson, B. G. M. (1981). Two New Genera of Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Australia's Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 105-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1981.tb00489.x [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Macquaridriloides Erséus & Jamieson, 1981) Erseus, C.; Jamieson, B. G. M. (1981). Two New Genera of Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Australia's Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 105-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1981.tb00489.x [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Erséus, C.; Wang, H. (2003). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Dampier area, Western Australia. <em>In: F.E. Wells, D.J. Walker & D.S. Jones. The marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.</em> 363-394., available online at http://benthos.ihb.ac.cn/Ers%C3%A9usWang03Dampier.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] original description (of Macquaridriloides Erséus & Jamieson, 1981) Erseus, C.; Jamieson, B. G. M. (1981). Two New Genera of Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Australia's Great Barrier Reef. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 105-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1981.tb00489.x [details] Available for editors
[request] taxonomy source Erséus, C.; Wang, H. (2003). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Dampier area, Western Australia. <em>In: F.E. Wells, D.J. Walker & D.S. Jones. The marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.</em> 363-394., available online at http://benthos.ihb.ac.cn/Ers%C3%A9usWang03Dampier.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Worm (‘-drilus’ Gr.) from Heron Reef [details]Taxonomic remark Heronidrilus is a circumtropical genus with a majority of its species described from the Indo-Pacific region (Erséus and Jamieson, 1981; Erséus, 1984a, 1990b, 1992a, 1993, 1997a–c; Erséus and Davis, 1989). Heronidrilus gravidus, however, was described from the Caribbean area in the Atlantic Ocean (Erséus, 1990c), and a morphologically similar form, ”H. cf. gravidus”, was subsequently reported from Australia´s Northern Territory (Erséus, 1997b) While all other named species develop complete male genitalia, the members of the gravidus- complex have rudimentary male ducts and have been regarded as uniparental, possibly parthenogenetic worms. Erséus (1997b: 103) pointed out, however, that ”the genus may include more than one form that has evolved parthenogenesis”, i.e. the Caribbean and Australian individuals may not be conspecific or even monophyletic. [details]
