WoRMS taxon details
original description
Erséus, C. (1990). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the barrier reef ecosystems at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, and other parts of the Caribbean Sea, with descriptions of twenty-seven new species and revision of Heterodrilus, Thalassodrilides and Smithsonidrilus. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(3): 243-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 127705, geounit Carrie Bow Cay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Upper intertidal and subterranean marine waters. sand. [details]
Distribution Known only from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize [details]
Etymology The name rugosus is Latin for 'wrinkled', here referring to the appearance of the body wall. Each segment bears a high number of small secondary annuli [details]
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