Heterodrilus modestus is a species of oligochaete worm, first found in Belize, on the Caribbean side of Central America.[1]
| Heterodrilus modestus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Tubificida |
| Family: | Naididae |
| Genus: | Heterodrilus |
| Species: | H. modestus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterodrilus modestus Erséus, 1990
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References
edit- ^ Erseus, Christer (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". Zoologica Scripta. 19 (3): 243–303. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1990.tb00259.x. ISSN 0300-3256.
Further reading
edit- Diaz, Robert J., and Christer Erseus. "Habitat preferences and species associations of shallow-water marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the barrier reef ecosystems off Belize, Central America." Aquatic Oligochaete Biology V. Springer Netherlands, 1994. 93-105.
- Mejlon, Erica, et al. "DNA‐based phylogeny of the marine genus Heterodrilus (Annelida, Clitellata, Naididae)." Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (2015).
- Sjölin, Erica. "Tubificids with trifid chaetae: morphology and phylogeny of Heterodrilus (Clitellata, Annelida)." (2007).
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