Genus Graliophilus Jamieson, 1971

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• Graliophilus Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. Earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Western Australia and their zoogeography. Journal of Zoology, London 165(4): 471-504 [472-473].

  Type species:

   Graliophilus georgei Jamieson, 1971 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Jamieson, B.G.M. 1974. The indigenous earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 26: 201-328 [259].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA) ; NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; Vic: Victorian Midlands (VM) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Diagnosis

Combined male and prostatic pores a pair on XVIII. Setae 8 per segment throughout the body. Nephridia exonephric, stomate, avesiculate holonephridia forming a single series on each side discharging in c or d or above these; sometimes replaced in a varying number of anterior segments by coiled or tufted nephridia with anteriorly directed (always buccal?) ducts. Calciferous glands, present or absent. Prostates thickly tubular. Spermathecae with extramural diverticula, sometimes with sperm chambers in the walls but never multiloculate.

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] [674]

General 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] [674]

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