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Species Notoscolex pilus Blakemore & Kingston, 1997

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Species Notoscolex pilus Blakemore & Kingston, 1997

  • Type data:
     Holotype QVM 14:3325 mature specimen (dissected), Dismal Swamp Nature Reserve, NW Tasmania [40°59'S 144°51'E].
    Paratype(s) ANIC RB.96.11.8 mature specimen (dissected), Dismal Swamp Nature Reserve, NW Tasmania [40°59'S 144°51'E]; TMH K1530 mature specimen (dissected), Belmont Road, Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°23'S 145°32'E]; QVM 14:3326 mature specimen, Belmont Road, Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°23'S 145°32'E]; QVM weakly clitellate mature, possibly posterior regenerate (dissected), Belmont Road, Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°23'S 145°32'E]; QVM 14:2524 mature specimen (dissected), Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; ANIC RB.96.11.14 mature specimen (dissected), Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; ANIC RB.96.11.15 mature specimen (dissected), Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; TMH K1533 mature specimen, Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; whereabouts unknown mature specimen (dissected), Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; QVM 14:3567 mature specimen, Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; QVM 14:3568 subadult specimen, Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; QVM 14:3569 subadult specimen, Wombat Hill near Waratah, NW Tasmania [41°29'S 145°27'E]; QVM 14:111 mature specimen (dissected), Frog Flats, Pelion Valley, NW Tasmania [41°48'S 146°02'E]; QVM 14:124 mature specimen, near Old Pelion Hut, Pelion Valley, NW Tasmania [41°48'S 146°03'E].
  • Type data:
     Holotype QVM 14:3352 (Col: R.J. Blakemore, 09/04/1996, Banksia / Ti-tree on edge of lake), Sprent Basin, Lake Pedder north, TAS.
    Paratype(s) QVM 14:3481, 14:3482, same data as holotype; QVM 14:3490, Bell Basin, Lake Pedder north, TAS.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in NW, W and SW Tasmania.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [281] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement tentatively placed this species in Cryptodrilus, "chiefly on the basis of its small number of nephridia"; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000), who retained the species in Notoscolex)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 ANNELIDA 16-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 OLIGOCHAETA 25-Aug-2010 MODIFIED Dr Robin Wilson
25-Aug-2010 MODIFIED