Genus Digaster Perrier, 1872
- Digaster Perrier, E. 1872. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des lombriciens terrestres. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 8: 5-198 [94].
Type species:
Digaster lumbricoides Perrier, 1872 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
Setae lumbricin. Gizzards 2, in V and VI or VI and VII, or 3, in V, VI and VII; extramural calciferous glands absent though poorly differentiated oesophageal pouches may be present. Intestine commencing in or behind XVII; typhlosole absent. Meronephric; the medianmost nephridium in caudal segments exonephric with preseptal funnel. Combined pores of a pair of racemose or tubuloracemose prostates and the vasa deferentia in XVIII or rarely in XVII. Testis-sacs absent. Spermathecal pores intersegmental or at the anterior margins of their segments
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] [320]
General References
Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [484] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Digaster (part), excluding Perissogaster)
Jamieson, B.G.M. 1963. A revision of the earthworm genus Digaster (Megascolecidae, Oligochaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 26: 83-111 [85-86]
Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part III — The subfamily Megascolecinae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 69-102 [74-75]
Jamieson, B.G.M. 1975. The genus Digaster (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 267-292 (genus emended)
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] [320]
Michaelsen, W. 1900. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [196]
Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. pp. 117-232 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [162]
Stephenson, J. 1930. The Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press 978 pp. [839]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2023 | OLIGOCHAETA | 06-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| 15-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |