Deep-Sea source details
Abyssidrilus altoides Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Abyssidrilus opulentus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Abyssidrilus potens Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Adelodrilus Cook, 1969 (additional source)
Atlantidrilus hamulus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Bathydrilus Cook, 1970 (additional source)
Coralliodrilus Erséus, 1979 (additional source)
Gianius Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Marionidrilus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Mexidrilus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Mexidrilus obtusus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Olavius Erséus, 1984 (additional source)
Peosidrilus acochlearis (Erséus & Loden, 1981) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilinae Brinkhurst, 1971 (additional source)
Phallodriloides Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Phallodriloides lobatus (Erséus, 1983) (new combination reference)
Phallodriloides pinnulatus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Phallodrilus altus Erséus, 1980 accepted as Abyssidrilus altus (Erséus, 1980) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus biparis Erséus, 1983 accepted as Atlantidrilus biparis (Erséus, 1983) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus constrictus Erséus, 1988 accepted as Mexidrilus constrictus (Erséus, 1988) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus cristolatus Erséus, 1983 accepted as Gianius cristolatus (Erséus, 1983) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus grasslei Erséus, 1984 accepted as Mexidrilus grasslei (Erséus, 1984) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus hessleri Erséus, 1989 accepted as Abyssidrilus hessleri (Erséus, 1989) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus lobatus Erséus, 1983 accepted as Phallodriloides lobatus (Erséus, 1983) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus pinguis Erséus, 1983 accepted as Pirodrilus pinguis (Erséus, 1983) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus profundus Cook, 1970 accepted as Abyssidrilus profundus (Cook, 1970) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus remus Erséus, 1979 accepted as Abyssidrilus remus (Erséus, 1979) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus rostratus Erséus, 1984 accepted as Atlantidrilus rostratus (Erséus, 1984) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus segonzaci Erséus, 1986 accepted as Abyssidrilus segonzaci (Erséus, 1986) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus simplidentatus Erséus, 1979 accepted as Peosidrilus simplidentatus (Erséus, 1979) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus stilus Erséus, 1986 accepted as Abyssidrilus stilus (Erséus, 1986) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus vescus Erséus, 1989 accepted as Mexidrilus vescus (Erséus, 1989) (new combination reference)
Phallodrilus vulnus Erséus, 1983 accepted as Atlantidrilus vulnus (Erséus, 1983) (new combination reference)
Pirodrilus Erséus, 1992 (original description)
Holotype USNM 143578, verbatimGeounit continental slope of..., identified as Abyssidrilus opulentus Erséus, 1992
Holotype USNM 143581, verbatimGeounit continental slope of..., identified as Abyssidrilus potens Erséus, 1992
Holotype USNM 143585, verbatimGeounit Continental slope of..., identified as Abyssidrilus altoides Erséus, 1992
Holotype USNM 143586, verbatimGeounit Continental slope of..., identified as Mexidrilus obtusus Erséus, 1992
Holotype USNM 143613, geounit Georges Bank, identified as Atlantidrilus hamulus Erséus, 1992
Deep-sea sediments. 2002-3009m in depth. [details]
All Atlantidrilus, except A. vestigium, are deepsea species [details]
Known only from type locality off Massachusetts (Northwest Atlantic). Bathyal sediments, 2114 m depth. [details]
Described from Bathyal sediments, 799 m depth [details]
The deep-sea species are known from all major Oceans (Atlantic, Indian, Pacific) as well as from Western Beaufort ... [details]
Off North- and South-Carolina (NW-Atlantic) [details]
Germany and Denmark (Baltic Sea) [details]
Known only from type locality off New Jersey (Northwest Atlantic). Subtidal coarse sand, 24 m depth. [details]
Known only from type locality off Massachusetts(Northwest Atlantic). Subtidal sands, 80 m depth. [details]
Known only from type locality in Maine (Northwestern Atlantic). Intertidal coarse sand. [details]
This genus is Abyssidrilus, referring to that most of the species are worms (drilus Greek fo worm) from the deep ... [details]
This species resembles (= -oides') A. altus (Erséus, 1980) [details]
The species epithet opulentus is Latin for 'rich, wealthy' or 'powerful, mighty'; both meanings apply to this ... [details]
Named potens (Latin for 'mighty. powerful') for its large size. [details]
Named Albanidrilus, referring to that the type species is a 'worm' (Greek drilus) from the Albany area in Western ... [details]
The species epithet hamulus is Latin for 'little hook' and refers to the tips of the penial setae [details]
Named for Professor Narcisse Giani (Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France), who has contributed much to the ... [details]
Named lnermidrilus because the type species is a ’worm’ (drilus Greek) without penial setae (inermis Latin for ... [details]
A worm (‘drilus’ Greek) from Marion Island, the type locality of the type-species (M. inconspicuus) [details]
Named Mexidrilus, referring to that the type species is a ‘worm’ (Greek drilus) from the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Named for its obtuse (Latin obtusus) pygidium. [details]
Named for Mr M. R. Milligan (Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida), who has contributed considerably to the taxonomic ... [details]
All worms (drilus is Greek for ‘worm’) of this genus are known from the Pacific Ocean. [details]
This genus appears closely related to Aktedrilus; hence the name Paraktedrilus. [details]
The name is a combination of pecten (Latin for ‘comb’), referring to the comb-like bundles of penial setae, and ... [details]
The species is named aduncus (Latin for 'hooked, bent inwards) for the appearance of the tips of the penial setae. [details]
Named for Mr Dale A. Davis (Olympia, Washington, U.S.A.), who placed the material of this species at my disposal, ... [details]
Named for Professor Nathan W. Riser (Nahant, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), who kindly provided the material. [details]
Named for its resemblance (-oides Greek for ‘resembling’) to Phallodrilus s.str. Four of its ... [details]
The species epithet pinnulutus means 'bearing a little wing' (pinnula Latin for 'little wing'), and ... [details]
The name is a combination of pirum (Latin for ‘pear’), referring to the pear-shaped, erect atria, and drilus ... [details]
Named for the superficial resemblance between the long external penes of the type species (P. distinctus) and the ... [details]
Named Somalidrilus, referring to that the type species is a 'worm' (Greek drilus) from Somalia. [details]
The former subterranean species Abyssidrilus cuspis and A. subterraneus are transferred to Aberrantidrilus [details]
