Genus Octolasion Örley, 1885

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• Octolasion Örley, L. 1885. A palaearktibus örben élö terrikoláknak revisiója és elteryedése. Ertekezések a Természettudományok Köréböl. Kiadja a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Budpest. 15: 1-34 [10].

  Type species:

   Lumbricus terrestris var. lacteus Örley, 1881 by subsequent designation.
• Alyattes Kinberg, 1867 [junior homonym].

  Type species:

   Lumbricus alyattes Kinberg, 1867 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Diagnosis

"The presence of yellow granules in the coelom of the last few segments of the body is a characteristic feature" (Sims & Gerard, 1999: 114)

Common Name References

Sims, R.W. & Gerard, B.M. 1999. Earthworms. Notes for the identification of British species. In, Synopsis of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 31. Shrewsbury : The Linnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, Field Studies Council. [114] (Blue-grey Worm, Steel-blue Worm)

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