Genus Geofdyneia Jamieson, 2000

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Genus Geofdyneia Jamieson, 2000

Geofdyneia 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] [667].
Type species:
Cryptodrilus rubens Fletcher, 1887 (=Geofdyneia rubens (Fletcher, 1887)) by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

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

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Diagnosis

Pigmented dark red in life. Dorsal pores absent. Setae 8 per segment, the dorsal couple, cd, further apart than the distance between the two couples. Nephropores alternating regularly between d and b from 2/3?, 3/4, throughout the body. Clitellum annular, XIV-XVI. Male pores (combined male and prostatic) on XVIII on extremely large, prominent porophores. Spermathecal pores not externally recognizable but ducts joining the body wall internally at and above d lines, in the intersegments. Last hearts in XII. Gizzard absent. A weakly paired calciferous gland in XIII. Intestine commencing in XVI, muscular thickening absent; a rudimentary, short typhlosole present. Nephridia stomate vesiculate, weakly diverticulate, exonephric holonephridia throughout. Holandric; gymnorchous; seminal vesicles in XII. Prostates thickly tubular, the muscular duct narrow and coiled within the porophore. Penial setae present. Ovaries in XIII. Ovisacs absent. Spermathecae very small, adiverticulate, in groups on each side in thecal segments.

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] [667]

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

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