Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Subclass Tubificata > Order Tubificida > Suborder Tubificina > Superfamily Tubificoidea > Family Naididae > Subfamily Phallodrilinae

Bathydrilus Cook, 1970

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macroseta*	Erséus, 1975	synonym

Children

Bathydrilus adriaticus (Hrabĕ, 1971)
Bathydrilus atlanticus Erséus, 1979
Bathydrilus desbruyeresi Erséus, 1983
Bathydrilus graciliatriatus Erséus, 1979
Bathydrilus medius Erséus, 1983
Bathydrilus rarisetis (Erséus, 1975)
Bathydrilus sandersi Erséus, 1983

Literature

original description	Cook, D. G. (1970). Bathyal and abyssal Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) from the Gay Head-Bermuda transect, with descriptions of new genera and species. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 17(6): 973-981.
basis of record	Erséus, C.; Healy, B.M. (2001). Oligochaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 231-234
additional source	Erséus, C. (1992). A generic revision of the Phallodrilinae (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). Zoologica Scripta. 21(1): 5-48.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
taxonomy source	Erséus, C. (1979). Taxonomic Revision of the Marine Genera Bathydrilus Cook and Macroseta Erséus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Descriptions of Six New Species and Subspecies. Zoologica Scripta. 8(1-4): 139-151.

Genbank

Citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Bathydrilus Cook, 1970. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137369