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]
additional source
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 102-96, verbatimGeounit Entrance to mangrove... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal and ?subtidal (4m depth), medium to coarse, sand [details]
Distribution Buccaneer Archipelago, and ?Montebello Islands, Western Australia [details]
Ecology Intertidal or barely subtidal, medium to coarse sand. [details]
Etymology Named devexus (Latin for 'sloping') for the oblique position of the penial setae in segment XI [details]
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