Species Astacopsidrilus plumaseta (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phreodrilus plumaseta Brinkhurst, R.O. & Fulton, W. 1979. Some aquatic Oligochaeta from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 64: 1-13 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM 14:288 mature worm on slide (2 mature worms mounted on the slide, unclear which is holotype), Brandum Bay, Great Lake, central Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) QVM 14:289-296 4 mature sectioned, Brandum Bay, Great Lake, central Tasmania; QVM 14:297-299 2 mature on slides, 1 sectioned, Lake Pedder.

 

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, lake.

 

Diagnosis

Atria elongate and folded with uniform lining tissue. Dorsal setae all brush-tipped single hairs. Ventral setae all bifid, none enlarged. Modified spermathecal setae extremely long and projecting into separate vestibulae. Free living.

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [503]

 

History of changes

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