WoRMS taxon details
Heterodrilus modestus Erséus, 1990
475748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475748)
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
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Holotype USNM 127688, geounit Carrie Bow Cay
Holotype USNM 127688, geounit Carrie Bow Cay [details]
Distribution Belize and possibly Nicaragua
Etymology This species lacks penial setae, prostate glands and spermathecae; the name miodestus (Latin for ‘moderate’, ‘keeping...
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 2025-04-19
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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
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Holotype USNM 127688, geounit Carrie Bow Cay [details]