Species Occiperipatoides gilesii (Spencer, 1909)

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Species Occiperipatoides gilesii (Spencer, 1909)

Peripatoides gilesii Spencer, B. 1909. Description of a new species of Peripatoides from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 21(2): 420-422 [420].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MV 4 specimens, Western Australia, Armadale, 26 Mar 1907, coll. H. M. Giles [32º09'S 116º00'E]; BMNH 1 ♀, Western Australia, Lion Mill (near Perth) [Mt Helena], 20 Aug 1905, coll. Hambg SW Aust. exp. [31º13'54''S 115º54'00''E]; 1 ♂ (Peripatoides woodwardi in Paris Boc7 and ON 29), Western Australia, Lion Mill (near Perth) [Mt Helena], 1905, coll. W. Michaelsen [31º13'54''S 115º54'00''E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Yanchep NP, 31°31'S 115°41'E, to 31 km NE Dwellingup, 32°43'S 116°04'E.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, ovoviviparous.

Extra Ecological Information

In leaf litter and under logs and stones.

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-Apr-2014	ONYCHOPHORA	16-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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