Depth range
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Intertidal and subtidal sand, to 32 m depth
- 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. Zoologica Scripta. 19(3): 243-303.
- Erséus, C. (1984). Annelida of Saudi Arabia. Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 6: 130-154.
- Erséus, C.; Davis, D. (1989). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Hawaii. Asian Marine Biology. 6:73-100.
- Erséus, C. (1985(1987)). A new species of Phallodrilus and records of two other marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology. 33(3):73-78.
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Distribution
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Hawaii, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean area, Persian Gulf. Probably circumtropical.
Erséus, C.; Davis, D. (1989). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Hawaii. Asian Marine Biology. 6:73-100.
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Distribution
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Known from Yugoslavia (Hrabe 1971, 1975), and the Bay of Naples, Italy.
Erséus, C. (1979). Taxonomic Revision of the Marine Genera Bathydrilus Cook and Macroseta Erséus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Descriptions of Six New Species and Subspecies. Zoologica Scripta. 8(1-4): 139-151.
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Distribution
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Caribbean area (Florida, Bermuda, Bonaire, ?Puerto Rico), Mediterranean Sea (Yugoslavia, Italy), and Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia
Erséus, C. (1984). Annelida of Saudi Arabia. Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 6: 130-154.
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Distribution
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Belize, Panama. Curacao, Barbados, Ascension Island, Bermuda, Florida, (?)Puerto Rico, Bonaire, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Hawaii; apparently circumtropical.
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. Zoologica Scripta. 19(3): 243-303.
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The species B. adriaticus was divided into two subspecies almost simultaneously by Erséus (1979) and by Righi and Kanner (1979): the nominate Mediterranean form is characterized by invariably 2 penial setae per bundle, and the Caribbean B. adriaticus trisetosus (junior synonym: Phallodrilus adriaticus caraibicus) is characterized by invariably 3 such setae per bundle. The Saudi Arabian form is intermediate between these subspecies. Of the 16 bundles of penial setae investigated, 10 bundles (63%) contained 2 setae, 5 bundles (31%) 3 setae, and 1 bundle (6%) 4 setae; in three of the eight specimens one bundle consisted of 2, while the other bundle of the same specimen consisted of 3 setae. It therefore appears inappropriate to maintain the polytypic adriaticus, it must rather be treated as a single, somewhat variable taxon, which apparently is very widely distributed. It is of course possible that the complex, in fact, is a number of closely related (sibling) species. Should this be the case, the distinctions between them are not at present morphologically resoluble.
Erséus, C. (1984). Annelida of Saudi Arabia. Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 6: 130-154.
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