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Species Notoscolex longus (Jamieson, 1974)

  • Type data:
     Holotype TMH K370 mature specimen (dissected), Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E].
    Paratype(s) BMNH 1973.2.43 subadult (dissected), Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E]; TMH K371 aclitellate specimen (dissected), Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E]; TMH K372 aclitellate specimen, Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E]; TMH K373 clitellate specimen (dissected), Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E]; BMNH 1973.2.43 mature specimen, Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E]; AM W5329 mature specimen, Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E]; BJ T69 mature specimen, Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania [43°30'S 146°15'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Coxs Bight, SW Tasmania.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

 

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] [922] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement retained the species in Oreoscolex; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000))

 

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 08-Feb-2013 MODIFIED Dr Robin Wilson
15-Jul-2010 MODIFIED