WoRMS taxon details
NomenclatureOtheradditional 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]
additional source
Ferraguti, M.; Grassi, G.; Erséus, C. (1989). Different models of tubificid spermatozeugmata. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 180: 73-82. page(s): 77 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 98134, geounit Carrie Bow Cay [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Belize and both coasts of Florida. Subtidal sands, 0.5-11 m depth. [details]
Etymology The species name formosus is Latin for "finely formed, beautiful"; here primarily referring to the penial setae, which in the author's opinion are esthetically appealing. [details]
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