Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Aporodrilus avesiculatus (Jamieson, 1974)

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Species Aporodrilus avesiculatus (Jamieson, 1974)

  • Type data:
     Holotype TMH K319 mature specimen (dissected) ('mature specimen in rather poor condition' and 'spermathecae removed and missig from jar' (Blakemore 2000)), Kellys Basin, Port Davey, W Tasmania [43°20'S 145°55'E].
    Paratype(s) BMNH 1973.2.5 mature specimen (dissected), Kellys Basin, Port Davey, W Tasmania [43°20'S 145°55'E]; TMH K320 mature specimen (undissected in anterior), Kellys Basin, Port Davey, W Tasmania [43°20'S 145°55'E]; TMH K321 mature specimen (undissected in anterior), New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E]; TMH K322 mature specimen (undissected), New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E]; AM W5206 mature specimen, posterior amputee (dissected), New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E]; AM W5207 mature specimen, damaged (undissected), New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E]; BJ T25 mature specimen, New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Coastal 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

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

 

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] [265] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement retained species in Cryptodrilus; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000))

 

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)
15-Jul-2010 MODIFIED