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

363-394

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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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