Diversity and zoogeography of marine Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) with notes on variation in widespread species

Baker, H. R.

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“…This is the first record of this species from Japan. Baker (1980Baker ( , 1984 noted that this species has a relatively simple genital system that varies in detail in material from different areas, i.e. in setal shape and number, form and length of penis sheath, and relative lengths of vas deferens to atrium.…”

Section: Subfamily Tubificinae Eisen Genus Tubificoides Lastockinmentioning

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Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Descriptions of Two New Species

Takashima

Mawatari

1996

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Eight species of marine Tubificidae, including two new species and four first records from Japan, are reported from Hokkaido. Nootkadrilus crassisetosus sp. n. is distinguished from N. verutus Baker, 1982 in having penial setae of equal length. Limnodriloides ezoensis sp. n. differs from L. victoriensis Brinkhurst and Baker, 1979 by having an oesophagus without diverticulae. Three species, Rhizodrilus pacificus (Brinkhurst and Baker, 1979), Aktedrilus knoellneri Erseus, 1987 and Tubificoides pseudogaster (Dahl, 1960), are redescribed.

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Section: Subfamily Tubificinae Eisen Genus Tubificoides Lastockinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Descriptions of Two New Species

Takashima

Mawatari

1996

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“…In contrast to the few studies of brackish environments, many studies have been conducted on the composition and distribution of the oligochaete fauna of intertidal and subtidal waters of the marine coasts all over the world. Baker (1984) compared the Tubificidae and Enchytraeidae fauna of intertidal shallow water of Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States and showed the west coast had a higher species diversity than the east one. In a recent studies (Ers6us, 1990;Diaz & Ers6us, 1994) the total number of species of marine Tubificidae in the barrier reef ecosystems of Central America have been shown to exceed that of the freshwater environments.…”

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Oligochaetes in the southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon: community composition, species abundance and biomass

Casellato

1996

Hydrobiologia

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The oligochaete community of the Chioggia Lagoon (southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon) has been studied from May 1992 to May 1994, at ten fixed sampling stations, distributed across the lagoon. Numerous data regarding composition, abundance, biomass and the breeding periods of the species in the community have been obtained. Nine tubificid species, recently reported for the Mediterranean and Ponto-Caspian areas have been collected. Among them only three were abundant everywhere, except in the innermost part of the lagoon, and throughout the year: Tubificoides vestibulatus, T swirencowi and Limnodriloides maslinicensis. Only one enchytraeid genus, Grania, has been found restricted to an area near the connection with the sea. The values for the Shannon Diversity Index for the community never exceeded 0.8 and were mainly between 0.4 and 0.7. The most interesting result was the decrease of abundance and biomass, proceeding from the sea mouth (about 6000 ind m -2 ) towards the innermost part of the lagoon (less than 100 ind. m-2 ). Correlations are suggested with the different grain size of the sediment.

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“…In the north, the oligochaetes of Cape Cod Bay and Georges Bank have been extensively studied (Cook, 1969(Cook, , 1971Lasserre, 1971;Coates & Erseus, 1985;Davis, 1985), and in the south numerous papers by Erseus have treated the Tubificidae of, in particular, North Carolina, Florida and Bermuda. Baker (1984) compiled and evaluated the zoogeographic affinities of known Tubificidae, including littoral, sublittoral, estuarine and marine forms. He recognized distinct northern and southern tubificid faunas along the North American east coast, with a faunal break around Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.…”

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“…He recognized distinct northern and southern tubificid faunas along the North American east coast, with a faunal break around Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Only 17 of the 28 Tubificidae collected in this study were treated by Baker (1984). Sixteen of the 38 species collected have been found in Massachusetts as well as in the study area, but yet not from south of Cape Hatteras.…”

Section: Zoogeographymentioning

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Distribution and ecology of Middle Atlantic Bight Oligochaeta

1987

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Distribution and ecology of continental shelf oligochaetes are poorly understood. From 1975 through 1977 baseline ecological studies were conducted in the Middle Atlantic Bight prior to oil exploration activities. A total of 38 species in three oligochaete families were collected. Of this total one family and 29 of the species were undescribed at the time of collection. The most abundant and widely distributed species were Limnodriloides monothecus, L. medioporus, Bathydrilus longus, Phallodrilus biprostatus, and nbificoides diazi. No single species dominated the oligochaete fauna. All the oligochaete species responded to changes in physical parameters over the shelf similarly to the total macrofauna. Seasonal trends within the oligochaetes were not found. Species that preferred coarser sand sediments were all small interstitial forms. The finer sand and eurytopic species were all burrowers. Zoogeographically the Middle Atlantic Bight oligochaetes were predominantly temperate (16 species) with some southern species (8). Seven species were broadly distributed from the Caribbean to Massachusetts or around the world. Seven species were only known from the area studied.

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Diversity and zoogeography of marine Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) with notes on variation in widespread species

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Descriptions of Two New Species

Marine Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Descriptions of Two New Species

Oligochaetes in the southern basin of the Venetian Lagoon: community composition, species abundance and biomass

Distribution and ecology of Middle Atlantic Bight Oligochaeta

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