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Species Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) yarraensis (Spencer, 1892)

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


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)

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [442] (as Diporochaeta tanjilensis)

Buchanan, G. 1909. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian earthworms. The blood vessels — Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 22: 59-84 [76-77] (as Diporochaeta yarraensis, pp. 76–77, and as Diporochaeta tanjilensis, pp. 77–78)

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 [83] (as Perichaeta yarraensis and as Diporochaeta tanjilensis)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1976. The genus Diporochaeta (Oligochaeta Megascolecidae) in Queensland. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 149: 1-57 [4] (as Perichaeta yarraensis and as Diporochaeta tanjilensis)

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] [522] (as Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) yarraensis)

Jensz, R.L. & Smith, B.J. 1969. Catalogue of Baldwin Spencer earthworm types in the National Museum of Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 29: 85-110 [109] (as Perichaeta yarraensis, p. 109, and as Perichaeta tanjilensis)

Raff, J.W. 1910. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian earthworms. The Alimentary Canal. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 22: 244-254 [252-253] (as Diporochaeta tanjilensis)

 

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)
15-Jul-2010 MODIFIED