Ainudrilus Explained

Ainudrilus is a genus of clitellate oligochaete worms.^[1]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following species in the genus Ainudrilus:^[2]

• Ainudrilus angustivasa Pinder & Halse, 2002
• Ainudrilus billabongus (Brinkhurst, 1984)
• Ainudrilus brendae Erséus, 1997
• Ainudrilus dartnalli Erséus & Grimm, 2002
• Ainudrilus fultoni (Brinkhurst, 1982)
• Ainudrilus geminus Erséus, 1990
• Ainudrilus gibsoni Erséus, 1990
• Ainudrilus lutulentus (Erséus, 1984)
• Ainudrilus mediocris Erséus, 1997
• Ainudrilus ngopitchup Pinder & Halse, 2002
• Ainudrilus nharna Pinder & Brinkhurst, 2000
• Ainudrilus oceanicus Finogenova, 1982
• Ainudrilus pauciseta Wang & Erséus, 2003
• Ainudrilus piliferus Erséus, 1997
• Ainudrilus stagnalis Erséus, 1997
• Ainudrilus taitamensis Erséus, 1990
• Ainudrilus vallus Erséus & Wang, 2003

Further reading

• Erséus, C. "Additional notes on the taxonomy of the marine Oligochaeta of Hong Kong, with a description of a new species of Tubificidae." Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong. Proc. 8th. Int. Mar. Biol. Workshop. Hong Kong Univ. Press. Vol. 1995. 1997.
• Hallett, S. L., C. Erséus, and R. J. G. Lester. "Actinosporea from Hong Kong marine oligochaeta." Morton, B eds (1997): 1–7.
• Erséus, Christer. "Mangroves and marine oligochaete diversity." Wetlands Ecology and Management 10.3 (2002): 197–202.

External links

• WORMS

Notes and References

1. Erseus. Christer. 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. Zoologica Scripta. 19. 3. 1990. 243–303. 0300-3256. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x. 84355292.
2. Ainudrilus . 391256 . 29 April 2020.