Erséus, C. (1982). Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Verhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF). 25: 207-277.
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Erséus, C.
1982
Taxonomic revision of the marine genus Limnodriloides (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae).
Verhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF)
25: 207-277.
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The taxonomy and morphology of Limnodriloides Pierantoni, 1903, are studied on the basis of material from a great number of geographical areas. Descriptions and taxonomic remarks are given for twenty—three species of Limnodriloides, including fourteen that are new to science (L. vespertinus n. sp., L. atriotumidus n.sp.,L. validus n. sp., L. claviger n. sp., L. sphaerothecus n. sp., L. rubicundus n. sp., L. australis n. sp., L. scandinavicus n. sp., L. armatus n. sp., L. baculatus n. sp., L. hastatus n. sp., L. ascensionae n. sp., L. tenuiductus n. sp., and L. uniampullatus n. sp.). A new subspecies, L. agnes virginiae n. subsp., is also described. Two species originally described as members of Limnodriloides, L. verrucosus Cook, 1974, and L. bori Righi & Kanner, 1979, are transferred to Tectidrilus n. gen., together with Peloscolex gabriellae Marcus, 1950 sensu stricto, and two new species, Tectidrilus squalidus n. sp. and T. diversus n. sp. Most of the species of Limnodriloides and Tectidrilus have oesophageal diverticula in segment IX, a feature also shared by Smithsonidrilus Brinkhurst, 1966, and Marcusaedrilus Righi & Kanner, 1979. These four diverticulate genera, as well as three others (Thalassodrilides Brinkhurst & Baker, 1979, Kaketio Righi & Kanner, 1979, and Parakaketio Erseus, 1982) lacking oesophageal diverticula, but having oesophagus enlarged and barrel-shaped in segment IX, are assigned to a new (marine) subfamily within the Tubificidae, the Limnodriloidinae n. subfam.
