Species Neodiplotrema tumida Dyne, 1997

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neodiplotrema tumida Dyne, G.R. 1997. Two new genera of Acanthodrilinae (Megascolecidae, Oligochaeta) from Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 139-157 [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC GD.95.9.8 (coll. R. Raven), Lockerbie East, Cape York Peninsula, Qld [ca 10°48'S 142°28'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC GD.95.9.8, GD.95.9.6, GD.95.9.7 18 specimens (coll. R. Raven), Lockerbie East, Cape York Peninsula, Qld [ca 10°48'S 142°28'E]; ANIC GD.95.9.9 3 specimens, desiccated (coll. G. Berry), Green Hill, Thursday Island, Qld [10°35'S 142°13'E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils: Thursday Is.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, Torres Strait Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

'in damp black clayey soil between rocks in vine-forest'.

 

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). [184, figs 170-172] (description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	08-Feb-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED