Species Oreoscolex simulans (Fletcher, 1890)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptodrilus simulans Fletcher, J.J. 1890. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(2): 987-1019 [998-999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM W1499 5 imperfectly sexual specimens (one dissected), Bulli, Illawarra, New South Wales [34°20'S 150°55'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Illawarra.

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

Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [505] (as Cryptodrilus simulans)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part III — The subfamily Megascolecinae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 69-102 [79] (as Notoscolex simulans)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1975. The earthworm genus Oreoscolex (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) in New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 29: 245-260 [256-259] (as Oreoscolex simulans)

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] [930] (as Oreoscolex simulans)

 

History of changes

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