Genus Goddardobdella Richardson, 1969
- Goddardobdella Richardson, L.R. 1969. A contribution to the systematics of the hirudinid leeches, with descriptions of new families, genera and species. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 15: 97-149.
Type species:
Hirudo elegans Grube, 1867 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Papua New Guinea
Diagnosis
Five dorsal stripes, stripes are reddish in colour and lined by a black border, background is black, brown or olive in colour, salivary papillae on jaws, 15 5-annulate somies, vagina simple with a small caecum and without an elongated vaginal duct.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |