Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Gastrodrilus dartnalli (Jamieson, 1974)

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Species Gastrodrilus dartnalli (Jamieson, 1974)

  • Type data:
     Holotype TMH K220 aclitellate specimen, posterior amputee (dissected) ('in poor, macerated condition' and 'internal organs removed and mising from jar' (Blakemore 2000)), Melaleuca Inlet, Port Davey, SW Tasmania [43°23'S 146°10'E].
    Paratype(s) TMH K324 mature specimen (undissected) ('macerated in mid body' and 'sectioned after clitellar region with prostate removed and missing from jar' (Blakemore 2000)), Melaleuca Inlet, Port Davey, SW Tasmania [43°23'S 146°10'E]; BMNH 1973.2.7-8 both mature specimens, one dissected, New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E]; AM W5208-5210 3 mature specimens, one clitellate specimen dissected, New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E]; QVM 14:1913 2 mature specimens, both dissected (Jamieson (1974) referred to these specimens as BJ: T26-27, retained in his own collection; they were donated to the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston in 1991), New Harbour, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°10'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

SW Tasmania.


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

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. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [270] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement retained species in Cryptodrilus; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000))

 

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