| 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.
Members of the genus are found in the waters of Queensland and Western Australia, off the coasts of Fiji and the Solomon Islands at depths of 200 m.
Subdivisions
The following subdivisions are currently accepted within the genus Olavius.
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Olavius". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
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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