Species Gemascolex lateralis (Spencer, 1892)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Perichaeta lateralis Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary notice of Victorian earthworms. Part II. The genus Perichaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 5: 1-26 [11-12].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV F40214, Castlemaine, Talarook, Goulbourn Valley, Victoria [37°04'S 144°13'E].
  Paralectotype(s) NMV F401424, Castlemaine, Talarook, Goulbourn Valley, Victoria [37°04'S 144°13'E].
• Megascolex zietzi Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeten von Australien. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 19(1): 1-25 [17-19].
• Megascolex zietzi quadricystis Michaelsen, W. 1916. Oligochäten aus dem Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi utgifvet af Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(No. 9): 1-21 [9] [as Megascolex zietzi var. quadricystis].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Goulbourn Valley.

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), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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

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 [95] (as Megascolex lateralis and Megascolex zietzi)

 

History of changes

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