WoRMS name details
Marcusaedrilus hummelincki Righi & Kanner, 1979
476265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:476265)
unaccepted (Synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Righi, G.; Kanner, E. (1979). Marine Oligochaeta (Tubificidae and Enchytraeidae) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands.</em> 58(1): 44-68., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549865
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Note Righi & Kanner (1979) do not designate a...
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Type locality Righi & Kanner (1979) do not designate a holotype but name two localities from where they described the material from: Curacao (Awa di Oostpunt, 22.II.1970) and Puerto Rico (Bahia Fosforescente, 17.ix.1963), all should present in Department of Zoology of Sao Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP 373-375) [details]
Distribution Guadeloupe, Bonaire, Aruba, Panama, Belize, Bermuda, Florida. Bahamas, Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands, Barbados and Curacao
Etymology The name of the new species has been been given in homage to Dr. P. Wagenaar Hummelinck
Distribution Guadeloupe, Bonaire, Aruba, Panama, Belize, Bermuda, Florida. Bahamas, Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands, Barbados and Curacao [details]
Etymology The name of the new species has been been given in homage to Dr. P. Wagenaar Hummelinck
Etymology The name of the new species has been been given in homage to Dr. P. Wagenaar Hummelinck [details]
Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Marcusaedrilus hummelincki Righi & Kanner, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476265 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Righi, G.; Kanner, E. (1979). Marine Oligochaeta (Tubificidae and Enchytraeidae) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands.</em> 58(1): 44-68., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549865
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference 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 [request]
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference 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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context source (Bermuda)
Erséus, C. (1983). Duridrilus tardus gen. et sp. n., a marine tubificid (Oligochaeta) from Bermuda and Barbados. <em>Sarsia:.</em> 68(1): 29-32. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Erseus, C. (1983). Taxonomic Studies of the Marine Genus Marcusaedrilus Righi & Kanner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Descriptions of Seven New Species from the Caribbean Area and Australia. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(1): 25-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00546.x [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Erseus, C. (1983). Taxonomic Studies of the Marine Genus Marcusaedrilus Righi & Kanner (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Descriptions of Seven New Species from the Caribbean Area and Australia. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 12(1): 25-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00546.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Guadeloupe, Bonaire, Aruba, Panama, Belize, Bermuda, Florida. Bahamas, Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands, Barbados and Curacao [details]Ecology Intertidal and subtidal muds and sands, sometimes associated with seaweeds, often in poorly oxygenated sediments. Known from depths down to 21 m. [details]
Etymology The name of the new species has been been given in homage to Dr. P. Wagenaar Hummelinck [details]
Type locality Righi & Kanner (1979) do not designate a holotype but name two localities from where they described the material from: Curacao (Awa di Oostpunt, 22.II.1970) and Puerto Rico (Bahia Fosforescente, 17.ix.1963), all should present in Department of Zoology of Sao Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP 373-375) [details]
