WoRMS taxon details
Limnodriloides monothecus Cook, 1974
137493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137493)
accepted
Species
Bohadschia monotheca Hrabe, 1975 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Limnodrilus monothecus (Cook, 1974) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cook, D.G. (1974). The systematics and distribution of marine Tubificidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) in the Bahia de San Quintin, Baja California, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 73(3):126-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34305150 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 45285, geounit San Quintin Bay
, Note Lat/Lon of holotype is an approximation based...
Holotype USNM 45285, geounit San Quintin Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Lat/Lon of holotype is an approximation based on figure 6, page 137 [details]
Depth range Subtidal sand and mud. to at least 583 m depth; also brackish water
Distribution Known from various kinds of silt and sand, often sediments that are rich in organic material. Brackish water or marine,...
Distribution L. monothecus is a very widely distributed species, recorded from the Pacific coasts of Canada, USA and Mexico, Atlantic...
Distribution East Pacific: Mexico through British Columbia. West Atlantic: Belize, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, Florida through New Jerscy....
Distribution Pacific coasts of British Columbia, California, and Mexico; Atlantic coast of Florida through New Jersey; Gulf coast of...
Etymology 'mono'=Gr. óne, single; 'theca' = Gr. and L. 'case, receptacle'; hence 'single spermatheca'
Depth range Subtidal sand and mud. to at least 583 m depth; also brackish water [details]
Distribution Known from various kinds of silt and sand, often sediments that are rich in organic material. Brackish water or marine,...
Distribution Known from various kinds of silt and sand, often sediments that are rich in organic material. Brackish water or marine, down to 370 m depth. NE Pacific: British Columbia, California and N Mexico; NW Atlantic: New Jersey through Florida (US east coast), Gulf of Mexico, and Bermuda (and Barbados?); Mediterranean Sea: Yugoslavia [details]
Distribution L. monothecus is a very widely distributed species, recorded from the Pacific coasts of Canada, USA and Mexico, Atlantic...
Distribution L. monothecus is a very widely distributed species, recorded from the Pacific coasts of Canada, USA and Mexico, Atlantic coast of USA (Gulf of Mexico, Florida through New Jersey), Bermuda, Barbados, and the Mediterranean Sea (Yugoslavia). [details]
Distribution East Pacific: Mexico through British Columbia. West Atlantic: Belize, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, Florida through New Jerscy....
Distribution East Pacific: Mexico through British Columbia. West Atlantic: Belize, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, Florida through New Jerscy. NE Atlantic: Scotland, (?)Mediterranean Sea: Yugoslavia [details]
Distribution Pacific coasts of British Columbia, California, and Mexico; Atlantic coast of Florida through New Jersey; Gulf coast of...
Distribution Pacific coasts of British Columbia, California, and Mexico; Atlantic coast of Florida through New Jersey; Gulf coast of Florida; Bermuda; Barbados; Yugoslavia. Euryoecious, occurring also in brackish water; in various kinds of sand and silt, generally with rich organic material, down to 370 m depth. [details]
Etymology 'mono'=Gr. óne, single; 'theca' = Gr. and L. 'case, receptacle'; hence 'single spermatheca'
Etymology 'mono'=Gr. óne, single; 'theca' = Gr. and L. 'case, receptacle'; hence 'single spermatheca' [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2023). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Limnodriloides monothecus Cook, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137493 on 2023-03-20
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original description
Cook, D.G. (1974). The systematics and distribution of marine Tubificidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) in the Bahia de San Quintin, Baja California, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 73(3):126-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34305150 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Bohadschia monotheca Hrabe, 1975) Hrabě, S. (1975). Second contribution to the knowledge of marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Adriatic Sea. <em>Vést. csl. Spol. zool.</em> 39: 111-119. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Erséus, C. (1982). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg , (NF) 25: 207-277 [details]
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]
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
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additional source Erséus, C. (1982). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). <em>Verhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF).</em> 25: 207-277. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Erséus, C. (1986). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) at Hutchinson Island, Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(2):286-315., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/282554.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Erséus, C. (1987). Records of Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(2):272-274., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/65715 [details] Available for editors
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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]

original description (of Bohadschia monotheca Hrabe, 1975) Hrabě, S. (1975). Second contribution to the knowledge of marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Adriatic Sea. <em>Vést. csl. Spol. zool.</em> 39: 111-119. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Erséus, C. (1982). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg , (NF) 25: 207-277 [details]
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]
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

additional source Erséus, C. (1982). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). <em>Verhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF).</em> 25: 207-277. [details] Available for editors

additional source Erséus, C. (1986). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) at Hutchinson Island, Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(2):286-315., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/282554.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Erséus, C. (1987). Records of Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(2):272-274., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/65715 [details] Available for editors

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 45285, geounit San Quintin Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal sand and mud. to at least 583 m depth; also brackish water [details]Distribution Known from various kinds of silt and sand, often sediments that are rich in organic material. Brackish water or marine, down to 370 m depth. NE Pacific: British Columbia, California and N Mexico; NW Atlantic: New Jersey through Florida (US east coast), Gulf of Mexico, and Bermuda (and Barbados?); Mediterranean Sea: Yugoslavia [details]
Distribution L. monothecus is a very widely distributed species, recorded from the Pacific coasts of Canada, USA and Mexico, Atlantic coast of USA (Gulf of Mexico, Florida through New Jersey), Bermuda, Barbados, and the Mediterranean Sea (Yugoslavia). [details]
Distribution East Pacific: Mexico through British Columbia. West Atlantic: Belize, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, Florida through New Jerscy. NE Atlantic: Scotland, (?)Mediterranean Sea: Yugoslavia [details]
Distribution Pacific coasts of British Columbia, California, and Mexico; Atlantic coast of Florida through New Jersey; Gulf coast of Florida; Bermuda; Barbados; Yugoslavia. Euryoecious, occurring also in brackish water; in various kinds of sand and silt, generally with rich organic material, down to 370 m depth. [details]
Etymology 'mono'=Gr. óne, single; 'theca' = Gr. and L. 'case, receptacle'; hence 'single spermatheca' [details]
Type locality Lat/Lon of holotype is an approximation based on figure 6, page 137 [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]