Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Aporodrilus enteronephricus (Jamieson, 1974)

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Species Aporodrilus enteronephricus (Jamieson, 1974)

  • Type data:
     Holotype TMH K325 mature specimen (dissected), Dee Bridge (Lyell Highway), C Tasmania [42°24'S 146°38'E].
    Paratype(s) BMNH 1973.2.9 mature specimen (dissected), Marlborough Highway near Bronte, S Tasmania [42°10'S 146°30'E]; BJ T33 mature specimen, Marlborough Highway near Bronte, S Tasmania [42°10'S 146°30'E]; BMNH 1973.2.10 mature specimen (dissected), Lyell Highway, 5 miles from Bronte towards Hobart [42°15'S 146°35'E]; AM W5211-5212 2 mature specimens, Tarraleah, Lyell Highway [42°20'S 146°25'E]; TMH K326 3 mature specimens: P6 dissected, P7 & P10 and 2 subadults: P8 & P9 ('sample also contains four unregistered immatures' (Blakemore 2000)), Marlborough Highway near Bronte, S Tasmania [42°10'S 146°30'E]; QVM 14:1928 5 specimens (specimens (BJ T28-32), initially retained by Professor Jamieson following his description of the species; donated to the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston in 1991), Tarraleah, over pipeline [42°20'S 146°25'E]; BJ T34-35 not recorded, Tarraleah, Lyell Highway [42°20'S 146°25'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Central 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] [272] (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