Olavius
| Olavius | |
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| Olavius algarvensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Tubificida |
| Family: | Naididae |
| Subfamily: | Phallodrilinae |
| Genus: | Olavius Erséus, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Olavius longissimus (Giere, 1979)
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Olavius is a genus of oligochaete worms, first described by Christer Erséus in 1984.[1][2]
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[edit]
The following subdivisions are currently accepted within the genus Olavius.[1]
Subgenus Olavius (Coralliodriloides)[edit]
- 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)[edit]
- Olavius (Olavius) alius Erséus, 1984
- Olavius (Olavius) longissimus (Giere, 1979)
- Olavius (Olavius) pravus Erséus, 1990
- Olavius (Olavius) tantulus Erséus, 1984
Other species[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Olavius". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Christer Erséus (October 1984). "Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Gutless Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Descriptions of One New Genus and Twenty-Two New Species". Zoologica Scripta (in English and English). 13 (4): 239–272. doi:10.1111/J.1463-6409.1984.TB00041.X. ISSN 0300-3256. Wikidata Q56701273.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Olavius". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
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.
- 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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