WoRMS taxon details
Aktedrilus fissilis Erséus, 1990
475571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475571)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Erséus, C. (1990). The marine Tubificidae and Naididae (Oligochaeta) of Southwestern Australia. <em>In: Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia.</em> 1, 43-88. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype WAM 22-89, geounit Southwest Australian Shelf
Holotype WAM 22-89, geounit Southwest Australian Shelf [details]
Depth range Intertidal sand
Distribution Western Australia: This species was originally described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and was subsequently found also in...
Etymology The species epithet fissilis is Latin for ‘(that may be) cleft’, referring to the ‘cleavage’ of the copulatory...
Depth range Intertidal sand [details]
Distribution Western Australia: This species was originally described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and was subsequently found also in...
Distribution Western Australia: This species was originally described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and was subsequently found also in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Erséus, 1997a) and now from Esperance. [details]
Etymology The species epithet fissilis is Latin for ‘(that may be) cleft’, referring to the ‘cleavage’ of the copulatory...
Etymology The species epithet fissilis is Latin for ‘(that may be) cleft’, referring to the ‘cleavage’ of the copulatory organ into a round papilla and a penis [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Aktedrilus fissilis Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475571 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Erséus, C. (1990). The marine Tubificidae and Naididae (Oligochaeta) of Southwestern Australia. <em>In: Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia.</em> 1, 43-88. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype WAM 22-89, geounit Southwest Australian Shelf [details]
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Depth range Intertidal sand [details]Distribution Western Australia: This species was originally described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and was subsequently found also in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Erséus, 1997a) and now from Esperance. [details]
Ecology Intertidal sand. [details]
Etymology The species epithet fissilis is Latin for ‘(that may be) cleft’, referring to the ‘cleavage’ of the copulatory organ into a round papilla and a penis [details]
