WoRMS taxon details
original description
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 WAM 104-96, verbatimGeounit Stephenson channel, ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal sand, 6m depth [details]
Distribution Known only from Montebello Islands, Western Australia [details]
Etymology Named densus (Latin for 'dense, compact') referring to the dense nature of the ventral muscular bulb in segment XI [details]
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