WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
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]
Otheradditional source
Erséus, C. (1997). Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Montebello and Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with descriptions of twenty-three new species. <em>In: F.E. Wells (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Perth.</em> pp. 389-458. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype QM G12840, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal and suntidal sediments, to at least 17m depth [details]
Distribution Montebello Islands, Western Australia; Great Barrier reef, Queenskand [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality (Southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, S Pacific). [details]
Ecology Intertidal coarse sand [details]
Etymology This species is named for Dr B.G.M. Jamieson (University of Queensland), who has contributed very substantially to the knowledge of oligochaete taxonomy, and who first studied the marine oligochaete fauna at Heron Island (Jamieson 1977). [details]
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