WoRMS taxon details
Heterodrilus Pierantoni, 1902
137382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137382)
accepted
Genus
Giereidrilus Erséus, 1981 · unaccepted (synonym)
Heterodriloides Erséus, 1981 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Heterodrilus amplus Erséus, 1992
- Species Heterodrilus apparatus Erséus, 1993
- Species Heterodrilus arenicolus Pierantoni, 1902
- Species Heterodrilus ascensionensis Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus bulbiporus Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus carinatus Erséus & Wang, 2003
- Species Heterodrilus chenianus Wang & Erséus, 2003
- Species Heterodrilus claviatriatus Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus decipiens Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus densus Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus devexus Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus dolosus Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus eremita Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus ersei (Giere, 1979)
- Species Heterodrilus flexuosus Erséus, 1990
- Species Heterodrilus hispidus Erséus, 1986
- Species Heterodrilus inermis (Erséus, 1981)
- Species Heterodrilus jamiesoni Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus keenani Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus koreanus J. Lee & T. Lee, 2023
- Species Heterodrilus lacertosus Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus maccaini Erséus, 1984
- Species Heterodrilus maiusculus Erséus, 1988
- Species Heterodrilus mediopapillosus Takashima & Mawatari, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus minisetosus Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus modestus Erséus, 1990
- Species Heterodrilus nudus Wang & Erséus, 2003
- Species Heterodrilus obliquus Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus occidentalis Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus paucifascis Milligan, 1987
- Species Heterodrilus pentcheffi Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus perkinsi Erséus, 1986
- Species Heterodrilus quadrithecatus (Erséus, 1981)
- Species Heterodrilus queenslandicus (Jamieson, 1977)
- Species Heterodrilus rapidensis Erséus, 1997
- Species Heterodrilus rarus Erséus, 1990
- Species Heterodrilus salmonensis Erséus, 1993
- Species Heterodrilus scitus Erséus, 1981
- Species Heterodrilus subtilis (Pierantoni, 1917)
- Species Heterodrilus tripartitus Sjölin & Erséus, 2001
- Species Heterodrilus uniformis Wang & Erséus, 2003
- Species Heterodrilus ursulae Sjölin & Erséus, 2001
- Species Heterodrilus virilis Erséus, 1992
- Species Heterodrilus abjornseni (Michaelsen, 1907) accepted as Clitellio abjornseni Michaelsen, 1907 accepted as Coralliodrilus abjornseni (Michaelsen, 1907)
- Species Heterodrilus kiselevi Finogenova, 1972 accepted as Adelodrilus kiselevi (Finogenova, 1972) (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pierantoni, U. (1902). Due nuovi generi di Oligocheti marini rinvenuti nel Golfo di Napoli. <em>Boll. Soc. Nat. Napoli.</em> 16: 113-117., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5961693#page/121/mode/1up [details] 
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Heterodrilus Pierantoni, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137382 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Pierantoni, U. (1902). Due nuovi generi di Oligocheti marini rinvenuti nel Golfo di Napoli. <em>Boll. Soc. Nat. Napoli.</em> 16: 113-117., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5961693#page/121/mode/1up [details] 
original description (of Giereidrilus Erséus, 1981) Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Heterodrilus Pierantoni (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 111-132.
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original description (of Heterodriloides Erséus, 1981) Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Heterodrilus Pierantoni (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 111-132. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Giereidrilus Erséus, 1981) Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Heterodrilus Pierantoni (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 111-132.
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Heterodriloides Erséus, 1981) Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Heterodrilus Pierantoni (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 111-132. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 231-234 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Erséus, C. (1981). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Heterodrilus Pierantoni (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 10(2): 111-132. [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Mejlon, E.; De Wit, P.; Matamoros, L.; Erséus, C. (2015). DNA-based phylogeny of the marine genus Heterodrilus (Annelida, Clitellata, Naididae). <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 53(3): 194-199., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12092 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Mejlon, E.; De Wit, P.; Matamoros, L.; Erséus, C. (2015). DNA-based phylogeny of the marine genus Heterodrilus (Annelida, Clitellata, Naididae). <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 53(3): 194-199., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12092 [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
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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
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors




