WoRMS taxon details
Limnodriloides anxius Erséus, 1990
475795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475795)
accepted
Species
Limnodrilus anxius Erséus, 1990 · unaccepted (lapsus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(3): 243-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 127951, geounit Belizean part of the...
Holotype USNM 127951, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Depth range Lower intertital and subtidal. generally muddy, sand. to at least 20 m depth: also in brackish-water(?)
Distribution As far as known restricted to the west Atlantic: Belize. Bonaire, Venezuela, Barbados, Florida through Virginia
Etymology Named anxius (Latin for ‘troublesome’), to indicate the taxonomic confusion caused by the great variation in some...
Depth range Lower intertital and subtidal. generally muddy, sand. to at least 20 m depth: also in brackish-water(?) [details]
Distribution As far as known restricted to the west Atlantic: Belize. Bonaire, Venezuela, Barbados, Florida through Virginia
Distribution As far as known restricted to the west Atlantic: Belize. Bonaire, Venezuela, Barbados, Florida through Virginia [details]
Etymology Named anxius (Latin for ‘troublesome’), to indicate the taxonomic confusion caused by the great variation in some...
Etymology Named anxius (Latin for ‘troublesome’), to indicate the taxonomic confusion caused by the great variation in some characters of this species. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Limnodriloides anxius Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475795 on 2024-05-28
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original description
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. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 19(3): 243-303., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Milligan, M.R. (1996). Identification manual for the aquatic Oligochaeta of Florida. Volume II. Estuarine and nearshore marine oligochaetes. <em>Florida Departement of Environmental protection, Division of Water Facilities, Tallahasse, Florida, U.S.A.</em> 239pp. [details]
[request] additional source Milligan, M.R. (1996). Identification manual for the aquatic Oligochaeta of Florida. Volume II. Estuarine and nearshore marine oligochaetes. <em>Florida Departement of Environmental protection, Division of Water Facilities, Tallahasse, Florida, U.S.A.</em> 239pp. [details]
Holotype USNM 127951, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Lower intertital and subtidal. generally muddy, sand. to at least 20 m depth: also in brackish-water(?) [details]Distribution As far as known restricted to the west Atlantic: Belize. Bonaire, Venezuela, Barbados, Florida through Virginia [details]
Etymology Named anxius (Latin for ‘troublesome’), to indicate the taxonomic confusion caused by the great variation in some characters of this species. [details]
