original description
Erséus, C. (1989). Phallodrilus vescus, new species (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 102(1): 134-136. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
new combination reference
Erséus, C. (1992). A generic revision of the Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 21(1): 5-48., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00308.x/abstract [details] Available for editors
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Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 118716, geounit Gulf of Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution N Gulf of Mexico. Upper continental slope sediment, 840-841m. [details]
Etymology the epithet vescus is Latinf for "thin, slender", a feature of the new species [details]