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Species Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878

Megascolides australis McCoy, F. 1878. Megascolides australis (McCoy). The Giant Earth-worm. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria 1: 21-25 [21].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Gippsland, Victoria.
Notoscolex gippslandicus Fletcher, J.J. 1887. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(2): 601-620.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fletcher, J.J. 1887. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(2): 601-620 [603-607] (Notoscolex gippslandicus)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Gippsland.

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)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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: SE coastal

General References

Bage, R. 1910. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian earthworms — The Nephridia. Pt II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 22: 224-243 [231-233] (as Megascolides australis, anatomy)

Barrett, C. 1938. Australia's giant earthworm. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 41(2): 66-70 [66-70] (as Megascolides australis, natural history)

Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [495-496] (as Megascolides australis (taxonomy))

Fletcher, J.J. 1886. Notes on Australian Earthworms—Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(2): 523-574 [573] (as Megascolides australis, taxonomy)

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] [849] (as Megascolides australis, taxonomy)

Spencer, W.B. 1888. The anatomy of Megascolides australis (the giant earthworm of Gippsland). Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 1: 3-60 [1-60] (as Megascolides australis (anatomy))

Sweet, G. 1900. On the structure of the spermiducal glands and associated parts in Australian earthworms. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 28: 109-139 [112] (as Megascolides australis (anatomy))

Van Praagh, B.D. 1992. The biology and conservation of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878). Soil Biology and Biochemistry 24(12): 1363-7 [1363-1367] (as Megascolides australis (biology and conservation))

Van Praagh, B.D. 1995. Reproductive biology of Megascolides australis McCoy (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 489-507 [489-507] (as Megascolides australis (reproductive biology))

Van Praagh, B.D., Yen A.L. & Lillywhite, P.K. 1989. Further information on the giant Gippsland earthworm Megascolides australis (McCoy 1878). Victorian Naturalist 106(5): 197-201 [197-201] (as Megascolides australis (ecology))

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)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	14-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED