WoRMS taxon details
original description
Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Heterodrilus Pierantoni (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 111-132. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Erséus, C. (1993). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. <em>In Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Fauna and Flora of Rottnest Island, Western Australia.</em> 331-390. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Erséus, C. (1997). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, with descriptions of fifteen new species. <em>In Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia: Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association.</em> 99-132. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Erséus, C. (1997). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Montebello and Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with descriptions of twenty-three new species. <em>In: F.E. Wells (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Perth.</em> pp. 389-458. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype QM G12836, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal coarse sand [details]
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal (fine to coarse) sand, to at least 11m depth [details]
Distribution Northern Territory, Queensland, Westerm Australia [details]
Distribution Material from Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and Darwin harbour (Northern territory) was identified as this species in two previous studies (Erséus 1993, 1997). However, a reexamination of all this material, plus two of the Original specimens of H. claviatratus, revealed that a whole complex of very similar species of Heterodrilus occurs along the tropical and warm-temperate Australian coasts. Thus, the original record from the Great Barrier reef still is the only known occurance of H. claviatratus. [details]
Distribution Western Australia and Great Barrier Reef [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality (southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, S Pacific). [details]
Ecology Intertidal coarse sand [details]
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