WoRMS name details
Olavius tantulus Erséus, 1984
476001 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:476001)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Erséus, C. (1984). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the gutless Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta,Tubificidae), with descriptions of one new genus and twenty-two new species. Zoologica Scripta, 13(4): 239-272 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 96545, geounit Belizean part of the...
Holotype USNM 96545, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Depth range Subtidal coral sand, about 1 m.
Depth range Subtidal. largely fine sands, to at least 27 m depth.
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 27m depth
Distribution Known only from Belize
Distribution Bahamas and Belize
Etymology Tantulus, Latin ‘so little’, ‘so small‘.
Depth range Subtidal coral sand, about 1 m. [details]
Depth range Subtidal. largely fine sands, to at least 27 m depth.
Depth range Subtidal. largely fine sands, to at least 27 m depth. [details]
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 27m depth
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 27m depth [details]
Distribution Known only from Belize
Distribution Known only from Belize [details]
Distribution Bahamas and Belize
Distribution Bahamas and Belize [details]
Etymology Tantulus, Latin ‘so little’, ‘so small‘.
Etymology Tantulus, Latin ‘so little’, ‘so small‘. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2024). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Olavius tantulus Erséus, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476001 on 2024-04-16
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Erséus, C. (1984). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the gutless Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta,Tubificidae), with descriptions of one new genus and twenty-two new species. Zoologica Scripta, 13(4): 239-272 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 Erséus, C. (2003). The gutless Tubificidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of the Bahamas. <em>Meiofauna Marina.</em> 12: 59-84.
page(s): 78 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] additional source 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 Erséus, C. (2003). The gutless Tubificidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of the Bahamas. <em>Meiofauna Marina.</em> 12: 59-84.
page(s): 78 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 96545, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal coral sand, about 1 m. [details]Depth range Subtidal. largely fine sands, to at least 27 m depth. [details]
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal sand, to at least 27m depth [details]
Distribution Known only from Belize [details]
Distribution Bahamas and Belize [details]
Etymology Tantulus, Latin ‘so little’, ‘so small‘. [details]
