Species Oreoscolex illawarrae (Fletcher, 1889)

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• Cryptodrilus illawarrae Fletcher, J.J. 1889. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(2): 1521-1558 [1546-1547].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, AM W1311, Mount Kembla [32°26'S 150°48'E]; (quoted as the type locality but with no type specimens (Jamieson 2000)), Illawarra, New South Wales [32°24'S 146°50'E].
• Cryptodrilus dubius Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [503] [junior homonym of Cryprodrilus dubius Spencer, 1892].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [503] (Cryptodrilus dubius Beddard, 1895 synonymised under Oreoscolex illawarrae; non Cryptodrilus dubius Spencer, 1892)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Illawarra and Mount Kembla.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

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] [913] (as Oreoscolex illawarrae)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED