| 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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| Species | |
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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]
- ^ "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.