WoRMS taxon details
Olavius nicolae Erséus & Giere, 1995
475984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475984)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Erséus, C.; Giere, O. (1995). Olavius nicolae, a new gutless marine Tubificidae species (Oligochaeta) from Belize. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 108(3):491-495., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572325#page/515/mode/1up [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 171048, verbatimGeounit Immediately E of...
Holotype USNM 171048, verbatimGeounit Immediately E of N t... [details]
Depth range Lower intertidal or barely subtidal sand
Distribution Bahamas and Belize
Etymology Named for Dr. Nicole Dubelier (Biolabs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), friend and collaborator in our joint symbiosis...
Depth range Lower intertidal or barely subtidal sand [details]
Distribution Bahamas and Belize
Distribution Bahamas and Belize [details]
Etymology Named for Dr. Nicole Dubelier (Biolabs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), friend and collaborator in our joint symbiosis...
Etymology Named for Dr. Nicole Dubelier (Biolabs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), friend and collaborator in our joint symbiosis project, who participated in the collection of gutless Tubificidae at Carrie Bow Cay. [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Olavius nicolae Erséus & Giere, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475984 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Erséus, C.; Giere, O. (1995). Olavius nicolae, a new gutless marine Tubificidae species (Oligochaeta) from Belize. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 108(3):491-495., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34572325#page/515/mode/1up [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 171048, verbatimGeounit Immediately E of N t... [details]
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Depth range Lower intertidal or barely subtidal sand [details]Distribution Bahamas and Belize [details]
Ecology Barely subtidal heterogeneous sand associated with seagrass. [details]
Etymology Named for Dr. Nicole Dubelier (Biolabs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA), friend and collaborator in our joint symbiosis project, who participated in the collection of gutless Tubificidae at Carrie Bow Cay. [details]
