WoRMS taxon details
Bathydrilus Cook, 1970
137369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137369)
accepted
Genus
Bathydrilus asymmetricus Cook, 1970 (type by original designation)
Macroseta Erséus, 1975 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Species Bathydrilus adriaticus (Hrabĕ, 1971)
- Species Bathydrilus ampliductus Erséus, 1997
- Species Bathydrilus argentinae Erséus, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus asymmetricus Cook, 1970
- Species Bathydrilus atlanticus Erséus, 1979
- Species Bathydrilus connexus Erséus, 1988
- Species Bathydrilus desbruyeresi Erséus, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus difficilis Erséus & Wang, 2005
- Species Bathydrilus edwardsi Erséus, 1984
- Species Bathydrilus egenus Erséus, 1990
- Species Bathydrilus exilis Erséus & Davis, 1989
- Species Bathydrilus formosus Erséus, 1986
- Species Bathydrilus fortis Erséus, 1997
- Species Bathydrilus graciliatriatus Erséus, 1979
- Species Bathydrilus hadalis Erséus, 1979
- Species Bathydrilus ingens Erséus, 1986
- Species Bathydrilus litoreus Baker, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus longiatriatus Erséus, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus longus Erséus, 1979
- Species Bathydrilus macroprostatus Erséus, 1986
- Species Bathydrilus medius Erséus, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus meridianus Erséus, 1979
- Species Bathydrilus munitus Erséus, 1990
- Species Bathydrilus notabilis Erséus & Milligan, 1988
- Species Bathydrilus paramunitus Erséus & Wang, 2003
- Species Bathydrilus parkeri Erséus, 1991
- Species Bathydrilus rarisetis (Erséus, 1975)
- Species Bathydrilus rohdei (Jamieson, 1977)
- Species Bathydrilus rusticus Erséus, 1991
- Species Bathydrilus sandersi Erséus, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus superiovasatus Erséus, 1981
- Species Bathydrilus torosus Baker, 1983
- Species Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990
- Species Bathydrilus parvitheca (Erséus, 1978) accepted as Aktedrilus parvithecatus (Erséus, 1978) (database artifact, misinterpreted)
marine
Cook, D. G. (1970). Bathyal and abyssal Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) from the Gay Head-Bermuda transect, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts.</em> 17(6): 973-981., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-7471(70)90048-3
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Etymology "Bathos, bathys" Gr. = deep; "-drilus" = worm.
Etymology "Bathos, bathys" Gr. = deep; "-drilus" = worm. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Bathydrilus Cook, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137369 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Cook, D. G. (1970). Bathyal and abyssal Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) from the Gay Head-Bermuda transect, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts.</em> 17(6): 973-981., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-7471(70)90048-3
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original description (of Macroseta Erséus, 1975) Erséus, C. (1975). Peloscolex amplivasatus sp.n. and Macroseta rarisetis gen. et sp.n. (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) from the west coast of Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 58: 1-7., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1975.10411274?journalCode=ssar20 [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]
page(s): 974 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Macroseta Erséus, 1975) Erséus, C. (1975). Peloscolex amplivasatus sp.n. and Macroseta rarisetis gen. et sp.n. (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) from the west coast of Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 58: 1-7., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00364827.1975.10411274?journalCode=ssar20 [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. (1979). Taxonomic Revision of the Marine Genera Bathydrilus Cook and Macroseta Erséus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Descriptions of Six New Species and Subspecies. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 8(1-4): 139-151., available online at https://inpn.mnhn.fr/docs-web/docs/download/181975 [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Erséus, C. (1992). A generic revision of the Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 21(1): 5-48., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00308.x/abstract [details] Available for editors
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additional source Erséus, C. (1992). A generic revision of the Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 21(1): 5-48., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00308.x/abstract [details] Available for editors





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Etymology "Bathos, bathys" Gr. = deep; "-drilus" = worm. [details]