WoRMS taxon details
Heterodrilus claviatriatus Erséus, 1981
475731 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475731)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 
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Holotype QM G12836, geounit Great Barrier Reef
Holotype QM G12836, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Depth range Intertidal coarse sand
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal (fine to coarse) sand, to at least 11m depth
Distribution Northern Territory, Queensland, Westerm Australia
Distribution Material from Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and Darwin harbour (Northern territory) was identified as this species in...
Distribution Western Australia and Great Barrier Reef
Distribution Known only from the type locality (southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, S Pacific).
Depth range Intertidal coarse sand [details]
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal (fine to coarse) sand, to at least 11m depth
Depth range Intertidal and subtidal (fine to coarse) sand, to at least 11m depth [details]
Distribution Northern Territory, Queensland, Westerm Australia
Distribution Northern Territory, Queensland, Westerm Australia [details]
Distribution Material from Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and Darwin harbour (Northern territory) was identified as this species in...
Distribution Material from Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and Darwin harbour (Northern territory) was identified as this species in two previous studies (Erséus 1993, 1997). However, a reexamination of all this material, plus two of the Original specimens of H. claviatratus, revealed that a whole complex of very similar species of Heterodrilus occurs along the tropical and warm-temperate Australian coasts. Thus, the original record from the Great Barrier reef still is the only known occurance of H. claviatratus. [details]
Distribution Western Australia and Great Barrier Reef
Distribution Western Australia and Great Barrier Reef [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality (southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, S Pacific).
Distribution Known only from the type locality (southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, S Pacific). [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Heterodrilus claviatriatus Erséus, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475731 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original 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]
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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). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, with descriptions of fifteen new species. <em>In Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia: Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association.</em> 99-132. [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). The marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, with descriptions of fifteen new species. <em>In Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia: Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association.</em> 99-132. [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype QM G12836, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal coarse sand [details]Depth range Intertidal and subtidal (fine to coarse) sand, to at least 11m depth [details]
Distribution Northern Territory, Queensland, Westerm Australia [details]
Distribution Material from Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and Darwin harbour (Northern territory) was identified as this species in two previous studies (Erséus 1993, 1997). However, a reexamination of all this material, plus two of the Original specimens of H. claviatratus, revealed that a whole complex of very similar species of Heterodrilus occurs along the tropical and warm-temperate Australian coasts. Thus, the original record from the Great Barrier reef still is the only known occurance of H. claviatratus. [details]
Distribution Western Australia and Great Barrier Reef [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality (southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, S Pacific). [details]
Ecology Intertidal coarse sand [details]
