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Species Notoscolex peculiaris (Jamieson, 1974)

  • Type data:
     Holotype TMH K374 mature specimen (dissected), Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E].
    Paratype(s) BMNH 1973.2.45 mature specimen (dissected), Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E]; TMH K375 mature specimen, posterior regenerate, Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E]; BMNH 1973.2.46 mature specimen (dissected posteriorly only), Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E]; AM W5330 one specimen, Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E]; BJ T70 one specimen, Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E]; TMH K376-377 aclitellate (P6) and mature specimens (P7), Shoobridge Bend Track, Mt Wellington, S Tasmania [42°55'S 147°15'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Mt Wellington, S Tasmania.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

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] [926] (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