WoRMS taxon details
Heterodrilus arenicolus Pierantoni, 1902
137548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137548)
accepted
Species
Clitellio arenicolus (Pierantoni, 1902) · unaccepted (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] 
Note Bay of Naples, Italy; depth 4 meters., H....
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Type locality Bay of Naples, Italy; depth 4 meters. [details]
Type material H. arenicolus is the type species of the genus Heterodrilus, but unfortunately no material is available. Both Brinkhurst (1966) and Erséus (1978) failed to find any new material of the species in subtidal sediments from the Naples area (the area of the type locality). [details]
Depth range Subtidal sediments, known from 4 m depth.
Depth range Subtidal sediments, known from 4 m depth. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Heterodrilus arenicolus Pierantoni, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137548 on 2025-10-07
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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]
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]
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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Brinkhurst, R.O. (1982). British and Other Marine and Estuarine Oligochaetes. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna.</em> 21: 1-127. [details] Available for editors 
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Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). <em>Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl.</em> 2: 1-89.
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Pierantoni, U. (1917). Sull' Heterodrilus arenicolus Pierant. e su di una nuevo species del genere Clitellio. <em>Bolletino Della Soc. dei Nat. in Napoli.</em> 29 (series II, Vol. IX):82-91 + Plate 4. [details]
additional 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 [request]
additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Cook, D.G. (1966). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta III: Lumbriculidae and additional notes and records of other families. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 118(1): 1-33.
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Pierantoni, U. (1917). Sull' Heterodrilus arenicolus Pierant. e su di una nuevo species del genere Clitellio. <em>Bolletino Della Soc. dei Nat. in Napoli.</em> 29 (series II, Vol. IX):82-91 + Plate 4. [details]
additional 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
[request]additional source Brinkhurst, R.O.; Cook, D.G. (1966). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta III: Lumbriculidae and additional notes and records of other families. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 118(1): 1-33.
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Subtidal sediments, known from 4 m depth. [details]Type locality Bay of Naples, Italy; depth 4 meters. [details]
Type material H. arenicolus is the type species of the genus Heterodrilus, but unfortunately no material is available. Both Brinkhurst (1966) and Erséus (1978) failed to find any new material of the species in subtidal sediments from the Naples area (the area of the type locality). [details]
