Genus Bursadrilus Jamieson, 2000

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bursadrilus 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] [252].

  Type species:

   Megascolex fletcheri Michaelsen, 1907 (=Bursadrilus fletcheri (Michaelsen, 1907)) by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales

Diagnosis

Setae approximately 10 on each side throughout the body, tending to form pairs, at least the ventral two forming a linear pair throughout (bc>ab). Meronephric, avesiculate, with intrasegmental nephrostomes. Prostates racemose. A large midventral copulatory bursa present in XVIII. Gizzard well developed, in V. Extramural calciferous glands absent. Holandric but seminal vesicles in XII only (incipient metandry?). Spermathecae two pairs, each with a uniloculate diverticulum.

 

Diagnosis 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] [252]

 

History of changes

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