Species Notoscolex simsoni (Spencer, 1895)
- Megascolides simson Spencer, W.B. 1895. Preliminary notes on Tasmanian earthworms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 7: 33-54 [45].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV MOV: F40182 (previously NMV: G182) mature specimen (dissected), Launceston, N Tasmania [41°25'S 147°10'E].
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
N and NW Tasmania.
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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
- Tasmania
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] [299] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement retained species in Cryptodrilus; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000))
History of changes
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