Species Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837)

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• Lumbricus phosphoreus Dugès, A. 1837. Nouvelles observations sur le zoologie et l'anatomie des annélides abranches sétigères, I. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 8: 15-35 [17, 24].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), France, Greenhouses, Jardin des Plantes, Montpellier.
• Microscolex novazelandiae Beddard, F.E. 1893. Some new or little known earthworms. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 12: 33-36 [33] [as M. nova zelandiae].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from garden in Sydney.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

 

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [159, figs 146, 147] (description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED