Marine Species Traits - Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990

WoRMS taxon details

Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990

AphiaID

475620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475620)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bathydrilus Cook, 1970

Original name

Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990

Environment

marine

Original description

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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Type data

Holotype USNM 127763, geounit Belizean part of the...

Holotype USNM 127763, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Belize and Barbados.

Distribution Belize and Barbados. [details]

Etymology This species is considered as 'ancient, old-fashioned' (Latin vetustus) with regard to the position of the spermathecal...

Etymology This species is considered as 'ancient, old-fashioned' (Latin vetustus) with regard to the position of the spermathecal pores and the appearance of the male ducts [details]

Taxonomic citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Bathydrilus vetustus Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475620 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-11 08:20:37Z

created

Timm, Tarmo

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description 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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Holotype USNM 127763, geounit Belizean part of the Caribbean Sea [details]

From editor or global species database

Distribution Belize and Barbados. [details]

Etymology This species is considered as 'ancient, old-fashioned' (Latin vetustus) with regard to the position of the spermathecal pores and the appearance of the male ducts [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (19 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 127763)