Genus Gemascolex Edmonds & Jamieson, 1973

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• Gemascolex Edmonds, S.J. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 1973. A new genus and species of earthworm (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 97(1): 23-27 [23-24] [emended by Jamieson (2000)].

  Type species:

   Gemascolex newmani Edmonds & Jamieson, 1973 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Diagnosis

Perichaetin throughout the body. First dorsal pore 4/5, rarely 3/4 or 5/6. A combined pair of male and prostatic pores on XVIII. Genital markings intersegmental. Spermathecal pores always intersegmental, 2-4 pairs, the last in 8/9. Gizzard robust, in V or VI. Calciferous glands absent. Meronephric, caudally with two or more (always?) enteronephric nephridia on each side, each with a preseptal funnel. Tufted nephridia present in the pharyngeal region. Holandric. Prostates tubuloracemose. Spermathecae diverticulate.

Diagnosis 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] [1685]

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