Olavius

Olavius is a genus of oligochaete worms, first described by Christer Erséus in 1984.[1][2]

Olavius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Tubificida
Family: Naididae
Subfamily: Phallodrilinae
Genus: Olavius
Erséus, 1984
Type species
Olavius longissimus
(Giere, 1979)
Species

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Members of the genus are found in the waters of Queensland and Western Australia,[3] off the coasts of Fiji and the Solomon Islands at depths of 200 m.[3]

Subdivisions

The following subdivisions are currently accepted within the genus Olavius.[1]

Subgenus Olavius (Coralliodriloides)

  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) avisceralis (Erséus, 1981)
  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) fredi Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) hanssoni Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) loisae Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) mokapuensis Erséus & Davis, 1989
  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) rottnestensis Erséus, 1993
  • Olavius (Coralliodriloides) strigosus Erséus & Davis, 1989

Subgenus Olavius (Olavius)

  • Olavius (Olavius) alius Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius (Olavius) longissimus (Giere, 1979)
  • Olavius (Olavius) pravus Erséus, 1990
  • Olavius (Olavius) tantulus Erséus, 1984

Other species

  • Olavius abrolhosensis Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius albidoides Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius albidus (Jamieson, 1977)
  • Olavius algarvensis Giere, Erséus & Stuhlmacher, 1998
  • Olavius amplectens Erséus & Bergfeldt, 2007
  • Olavius avitus Erséus, 2003
  • Olavius bullatus Finogenova, 1986
  • Olavius capillus Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius caudatus (Erséus, 1979)
  • Olavius clavatus (Erséus, 1981)
  • Olavius comorensis (Erséus, 1981)
  • Olavius cornuatus Davis, 1984
  • Olavius crassitunicatus Finogenova, 1986
  • Olavius curtus Erséus, 2003
  • Olavius fidelis Erséus & Bergfeldt, 2007
  • Olavius filithecatus (Erséus, 1981)
  • Olavius finitimus Erséus, 1990
  • Olavius furinus Erséus, 2003
  • Olavius fusus Erséus, 1993
  • Olavius geniculatus (Erséus, 1981)
  • Olavius gierei Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius hamulatus Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius ilvae Giere & Erséus, 2002
  • Olavius imperfectus Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius isomerus Erséus & Bergfeldt, 2007
  • Olavius latus Erséus, 1986
  • Olavius lifouensis Erséus & Bergfeldt, 2007
  • Olavius macer Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius manifae Erséus, 1985
  • Olavius montebelloensis Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius muris Erséus, 2003
  • Olavius nicolae Erséus & Giere, 1995
  • Olavius nivalis Erséus & Bergfeldt, 2007
  • Olavius paraloisae Erséus & Bergfeldt, 2007
  • Olavius parapellucidus Erséus & Davis, 1989
  • Olavius patriciae Erséus, 1993
  • Olavius pellucidus Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius planus (Erséus, 1979)
  • Olavius prodigus Erséus, 1993
  • Olavius productus Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius propinquus Erséus, 1984
  • Olavius rallus Erséus, 1991
  • Olavius separatus Erséus, 1993
  • Olavius soror Erséus, 2003
  • Olavius tannerensis Erséus, 1991
  • Olavius tenuissimus (Erséus, 1979)
  • Olavius ullae Erséus, 2003
  • Olavius ulrikae Erséus, 2008
  • Olavius vacuus Erséus, 1990
  • Olavius valens Erséus, 1997
  • Olavius verpa Erséus, 1985

References

Further reading

  • 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.
  • Giere, Olav, et al. "A comparative structural study on bacterial symbioses of Caribbean gutless Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta)." Acta zoologica 76.4 (1995): 281–290.
  • Dubilier, Nicole, Anna Blazejak, and Caroline Rühland. "Symbioses between bacteria and gutless marine oligochaetes." Molecular Basis of Symbiosis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 251–275.


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