WoRMS taxon details
Aktedrilus triplex Erséus, 1990
475585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475585)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, 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 24-89, geounit Southwest Australian Shelf
Holotype WAM 24-89, geounit Southwest Australian Shelf [details]
Depth range Intertidal and barely subtidal. largely coarse, sand
Distribution Western Australia: As for A. fissilis, A. triplex was also first described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and it has later...
Etymology Most tubificids have a slightly greater number of setae in anterior than in postclitellar bundles, but in this species most...
Depth range Intertidal and barely subtidal. largely coarse, sand [details]
Distribution Western Australia: As for A. fissilis, A. triplex was also first described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and it has later...
Distribution Western Australia: As for A. fissilis, A. triplex was also first described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and it has later been found in other parts of Western Australia: Rottnest Island (Erséus, 1993) and Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Erséus, 1997a). [details]
Etymology Most tubificids have a slightly greater number of setae in anterior than in postclitellar bundles, but in this species most...
Etymology Most tubificids have a slightly greater number of setae in anterior than in postclitellar bundles, but in this species most of the bundles consist of three setae; triplex is Latin for ‘threefold, triple’, alluding to this specific feature. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Aktedrilus triplex Erséus, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475585 on 2025-04-19
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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. (1993). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. <em>In Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Fauna and Flora of Rottnest Island, Western Australia.</em> 331-390. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional 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]
[request]additional 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype WAM 24-89, geounit Southwest Australian Shelf [details]
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Depth range Intertidal and barely subtidal. largely coarse, sand [details]Distribution Western Australia: As for A. fissilis, A. triplex was also first described from Albany (Erséus, 1990a), and it has later been found in other parts of Western Australia: Rottnest Island (Erséus, 1993) and Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Erséus, 1997a). [details]
Ecology Intertidal and barely subtidal, largely coarse, sand. [details]
Etymology Most tubificids have a slightly greater number of setae in anterior than in postclitellar bundles, but in this species most of the bundles consist of three setae; triplex is Latin for ‘threefold, triple’, alluding to this specific feature. [details]
