original description
Erséus, C.; Rota, E. (1996). Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica) with descriptions of one new genus and two new species. <em>Polar Biol.</em> 16 (7): 491-496.
page(s): 493 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Checklist of the antarctic Oligochaeta by Patrick Martin (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named Rossidrilus, referring to the geographic origin of the type species, a ‘worm’ (Greek drilos) from the Ross Sea. [details]