Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Coeloplana Kowalevsky, 1880

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Genus Coeloplana Kowalevsky, 1880

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Madagascar, Somalia, Japan; cosmopolitan.


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)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
    • South Australia: S Gulfs, S Gulfs coast
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Bass Strait
    • Western Australia: Lower W coast

Diagnosis

With the features of the family. Coeloplana often have a high host specificity and may or may not have an oral groove and can form temporary chimneys. The other genus in the family (Vallicula) does not have a high host specificity.

 

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)
12-Feb-2010 (import)