Species Antarctodrilus uniseta (Brinkhurst, 1982)

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• Phreodrilus uniseta Brinkhurst, R.O. 1982. Additional aquatic Oligochaeta from Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 78: 1-13 [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM QVM:14:234 1 mature on slide, Flowerdale River, Tasmania, Australia [41.119S 145.523E].
  Paratype(s) QVM QVM:14:2591 and 2747 1 mature, plus fragments, Flowerdale River, Tasmania, Australia
  Comment: one of the original paratypes (QVM:14:235a+b) was described subsequentlyas a separate species (Insulodrilus unisetoides) by Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443–523.

  Type locality references:

  Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED