WoRMS taxon details
original description
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]
Holotype WAM V 4288, geounit Northwest Australian Shelf [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Intertidal medium sand. [details]
Etymology Named vallus, which is Latin for ’stake’, ’pole’, alluding to the single, straight penial chaetae characterizing this species [details]
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