Species Aporrectodea longa (Ude, 1885)

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• Allolobophora longa Ude, H. 1885. Ueber die Rückenporen der terricolen Oligochaeten, nebst Beiträgen zur Histologie des Leibesschlauches und zur Systematik der Lumbriciden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 43: 87-143 [136].
• Aporrectodea lactea Friend, H. 1892. New Yorkshire earthworms; with an emended list of North British species. The Naturalist. A monthly magazine of Natural History for the North of England. London, Leeds (200): 87-90 [89].
• Octolasion intermedium Friend, H. 1909. New garden worms. Gardeners' Chronicle (London) Series 3 46: 243-246, 274, 357 [357].
• Nicodrilus longus longus ambiguus Bouché, 1972 [invalid name; invalid varietal name list in synonymy by Csuzdi, 2003].
• Nicodrilus longus longus amplisellus Bouché, 1972 [invalid name; invalid varietal name listed in synonymy by Csuzdi, 2003].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Blakemore, R. 2007. An updated list of valid, invalid and synonymous names of Criodriloidea (Criodrilidae) and Lumbricoidea (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Sparganophilidae, Ailoscolecidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae, and Lutodrilidae). pp. 1-77 [21]

 

Generic Combinations

• Aporrectodea longa (Ude, 1885). —
  Sims, R.W. & Gerard, B.M. 1999. Earthworms. Notes for the identification of British species. In, Synopsis of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 31. Shrewsbury : The Linnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, Field Studies Council. [62]
• Allolobophora longa (Ude, 1885). —
  Gerard, B.M. 1964. Lumbricidae (Annelida) with keys and descriptions. Synposes of the British Fauna. London : The Linnean Society of London Vol. 6 2, 58 pp. [28]
  Gates, G.E. 1972. Contributions to North American earthworms No. 3. Towards a revision of the earthworm family Lumbricidae, IV. The trapezoides species group. Bulletin of the Tall Timbers Research Station 12: 1-146 [114]
• Nicodrilus longa (Ude, 1885). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [129]
• Helodrilus longa (Ude, 1885). —
  Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [129]
• Helodrilus (Allolobophora) longus (Ude, 1885). —
  Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. pp. 575 in Michaelsen, W. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [483]
• Nicodrilus longus longus (Michaelsen, 1885). —
  Bouché, M.B. 1972. Lombriciens de France, écologie et systématique. Articles de Zoologie-Écologie animale (numéro hors-série). Institut national de la Recherche agronomique, Paris. pp. 621 [322]

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Blakemore, R. 2007. An updated list of valid, invalid and synonymous names of Criodriloidea (Criodrilidae) and Lumbricoidea (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Sparganophilidae, Ailoscolecidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae, and Lutodrilidae). pp. 1-77 [21] (http://bio-eco.eis.ynu.ac.jp/eng/database/earthworm/Lumbricidae.pdf {29 Jan. 2012})

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also found in: Scandinavia, Europe, North America, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Iceland

Introduced.

Distribution References

Notes

Aporrectodea longa contains two subspecies ( A. longa longa and A. longa ripicola) and although the species has been recorded in Australia, the specimens were not assigned to a subspecies. (i.e. it is not known which subspecies occurs in Australia)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OLIGOCHAETA	03-May-2011	ADDED	Dr Robin Wilson