Genus Eukerria Michaelsen, 1935

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eukerria Michaelsen, W. 1935. Oligochaeta from Christmas Island, South of Java. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 15(85): 100-108 [102].

  Type species:

   Kerria halophila Beddard, 1892 (unsure about how type species was chosen. Type species list as K. halophila in Reynolds & Cook (1976)) by indication, see Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [54].
• Kerria Beddard, 1892 [invalid name].

  Type species:

   Kerria halophila Beddard, 1892 (unsure about how type species was chosen. Type species list as K. halophila in Reynolds & Cook (1976)) by indication, see Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [54].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A Catalogue of names, Descriptions and Type Specimens of the Oligochaeta. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick 217 pp. [52]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Systematics

It appears the name Kerria was first assigned to a plant species (i.e. a rose Kerria japonica in 1888 by Focke, thus making the name Kerria Beddard, 1892 unavailable for a genus of earthworm.

History of changes