Species Gemascolex octothecatus Jamieson, 1974

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gemascolex octothecatus Jamieson, B.G.M. 1974. Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 98: 79-112 [94-97].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W6092 mature specimen (dissected), 11 km S of Penola, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1978.21.9 mature specimen (dissected), 27 km S of Mt Gambier, South Australia [38°01'S 140°55'E]; AM W6093 mature specimen (dissected), 27 km S of Mt Gambier, South Australia [38°01'S 140°55'E]; SAMA E1570 mature specimen, 27 km S of Mt Gambier, South Australia [38°01'S 140°55'E].

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Vicinities of Penola and Mt Gambier, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: SE coastal

General References

Baker, G.H. 1996. Introduction of earthworms to agricultural soils in southern Australia. pp. 90–98 in Temple-Smith, M.G. & Pinkard, T. (eds) The Role of Earthworms in Agriculture and Land Management. Report of a National Workshop, June 1993, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Tasmania. (mapped occurrence of Gemacolex similis at 163 sites near Mortlake, Victoria)

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] [653] (as Gemascolex octothecatus)

 

History of changes

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