Species Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) kershawi (Jamieson, 1974)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Perionychella (Perionychella) kershawi Jamieson, B.G.M. 1974. The indigenous earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 26: 201-328 [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH K:262 clitellate specimen, dissected, old Breiseis tin mine, Derby, NE Tasmania [41°10'S 147°50'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

NE Tasmania.

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

Soil dweller.

 

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1994. Some earthworms from the wet tropics and from Bunya mountains, Queensland (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37(1): 157-181 [175-177] (as Diporochaeta kershawi)

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] [479] (as Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) kershawi)

 

History of changes

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