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Heterodrilus modestus Erséus, 1990

475748  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475748)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Clitellata (Class)
  5. Oligochaeta (Subclass)
  6. Tubificida (Order)
  7. Tubificina (Suborder)
  8. Naididae (Family)
  9. Rhyacodrilinae (Subfamily)
  10. Heterodrilus (Genus)
  11. Heterodrilus modestus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
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  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 127688, geounit Carrie Bow Cay  
Holotype USNM 127688, geounit Carrie Bow Cay [details]
Distribution Belize and possibly Nicaragua  
Distribution Belize and possibly Nicaragua [details]

Etymology This species lacks penial setae, prostate glands and spermathecae; the name miodestus (Latin for ‘moderate’, ‘keeping...  
Etymology This species lacks penial setae, prostate glands and spermathecae; the name miodestus (Latin for ‘moderate’, ‘keeping within bounds’) alludes to this. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Heterodrilus modestus Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475748 on 2025-05-28
Date
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2010-05-11 08:20:37Z
created
Timm, Tarmo

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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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype USNM 127688, geounit Carrie Bow Cay [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Belize and possibly Nicaragua [details]

Etymology This species lacks penial setae, prostate glands and spermathecae; the name miodestus (Latin for ‘moderate’, ‘keeping within bounds’) alludes to this. [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterodrilus modestus) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 127688) 
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