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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Tubificida
Family: Naididae
Genus: Heterodrilus
Species:
H. modestus
Binomial name
Heterodrilus modestus
Erséus, 1990

References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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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