WoRMS taxon details
original description
Erséus, C.; Giere, O. (1995). Olavius nicolae, a new gutless marine Tubificidae species (Oligochaeta) from Belize. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 108(3):491-495., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572325#page/515/mode/1up [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Erséus, C. (2003). The gutless Tubificidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of the Bahamas. <em>Meiofauna Marina.</em> 12: 59-84. page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 171048, verbatimGeounit Immediately E of N t... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Lower intertidal or barely subtidal sand [details]
Distribution Bahamas and Belize [details]
Ecology Barely subtidal heterogeneous sand associated with seagrass. [details]
Etymology Named for Dr. Nicole Dubelier (Biolabs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), friend and collaborator in our joint symbiosis project, who participated in the collection of gutless Tubificidae at Carrie Bow Cay. [details]
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