Subspecies Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) mortoni mortoni (Spencer, 1895)
- Cryptodrilus mortoni Spencer, W.B. 1895. Preliminary notes on Tasmanian earthworms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 7: 33-54 [36].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV F40083 (ex G83) mature specimen (dissected) (according to Blakemore (2000d), '[b]etween February and August 1892, Mr A Morton of the Tasmanian Museum collected much material that was described by Spencer (1985) all of it from Mt Wellington, it is therefore probable that this specimen is from this location'), Tasmania.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Mt Wellington.
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 [179] (as Diporochaeta (=Perionychella) mortoni (see Blakemore 2000: 152))
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] [556] (as Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) mortoni)
History of changes
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| 15-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |