Species Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) victoriae (Spencer, 1892)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptodrilus victoriae Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary description of Victorian earthworms. Part I. The genera Cryptodrilus and Megascolides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 4: 130-156 [139-140].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV F4036 mature but aclitellate specimen ('typical form'; re-examined by Jamieson (2000)), Warburton, Yarra Valley, Victoria [37°45'S 145°42'E].
  Paralectotype(s) NMV F401410, Warburton, Yarra Valley, Victoria [37°45'S 145°42'E]; NMV F4037 ('var. a'), Thompson Valley, Tanjil Track, Victoria; NMV G38 ('var. b'), Victoria.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Yarra and Thompson Valleys.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

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 [88] (as Plutellus victoriae)

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] [569] (as Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) victoriae)

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 [91-92] (as Cryptodrilus victoriae)

 

History of changes

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