Family PHREODRILIDAE Beddard, 1891


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Introduction

This family of mostly aquatic worms had a tortuous early history. Beddard (1891) described the first phreodrilid, Phreodrilus subterraneus, from New Zealand, for which he erected the family Phreodrilidae. The same author later (Beddard 1894) described two more species (now recognised as phreodrilids) but placed them in a new genus of tubificid (Hesperodrilus) and shortly afterwards (Beddard 1895) also placed Phreodrilus with the Tubificidae. A review of the Oligochaeta by Michaelsen (1900) concurred with Beddard's placement of all of these species in the Tubificidae but later (Michaelsen 1903) reinstated the family Phreodrilidae and placed all species in Phreodrilus. Subsequent papers described further new species and two genera, though the latter were also synonymised with Phreodrilus by Brinkhurst (1965) after he failed to find consistent distinguishing characteristics for any of the separate genera. The present phylogenetic classification, with two subfamilies and multiple genera was established following an analysis by Brinkhurst (1991).

The global distribution of the family suggests a Gondwanan origin (Brinkhurst 1965): most species have been described from Australia, with fewer from New Zealand, Africa, South America and southern oceanic islands such as CA.M.P.bell and Kerguelen Islands. Records from equatorial latitudes and arid regions are from high altitude (e.g. in Sri Lanka) or deep lakes (Africa) or groundwater (Africa, Middle East and Australia) (Giani et al. 1995; Martinez-Ansemil et al. 2003; Pinder 2003). A recent record from the very deep Lake Biwa in Japan (P. Martin, pers. comm.) seems anomalous, but another recent record (from Ireland, the first for Europe) almost certainly represents a human-mediated introduction (Gunn et al. 2004).

Fifty species have been described worldwide in seven genera, of which 29 described species in six genera are known from Australia. Many other Australian species are known but not yet described (Pinder 2001). Most phreodrilids have restricted distributions, with 15 described species (and many undescribed) known only from Tasmania, one only from the southern Great Dividing Range and five described (and several undescribed) from south-western Australia. Above the species level, there is little geographic disjunction, except that the species from the Great Dividing Range, Phreodriloides notabilis, has no congeners, and Schizodrilus is known only from two poorly known New Zealand species. Recent unpublished studies have revealed the presence of numerous new phreodrilids in north-western Australian groundwater aquifers and associated springs and one of these was described recently (Pinder 2003). Other undescribed species are known from caves in the south-west. Only two species are currrently known from more than one continent: Insulodrilus lacustris from South America, New Zealand and southern Australia and Antarctodrilus niger from South America, Falkland Islands, South Africa and Tasmania. The former, which is very common in Australia, appears to have quite variable morphology and may represent more than one species, while A. niger is known from very few specimens.

Phreodrilids of surface waters are sediment dwellers, although some have been collected from saturated moss on stream edges of subantarctic islands (Pinder & Brinkhurst 1997) and some mostly undescribed species are known from moss beds of granite outcrops of temperate to semi-arid south-western Australia (Pinder 2003). They also appear to be common inhabitants of caves, springs and groundwater aquifers in southern continents, with some overlap in the species of surface and underground habitats. One species, Astacopsidrilus ostiensis, occurs in estuaries (Pinder & Erséus 2001) but none is known to be truly marine. The two species of Schizodrilus from New Zealand inhabit litter of beech forests (Stout 1958) and three species of Astacopsidrilus from eastern Australia occur on the carapace of crayfish but appear to be commensal detritivores rather than parasites. Very little is known of their biology but judging from gut contents all appear to be detritivores and/or grazers on periphyton. Asexual reproduction (by fragmentation) has been reported for Schizodrilus but other phreodrilids appear to reproduce sexually. An absence of spermathecae in Phreodriloides notabilis suggests autofertilization but this has not been confirmed.

 

Diagnosis

Aquatic (mostly freshwater) oligochaetes. Ventral chaetae from II, paired and sigmoid with bifid or simple tips, if bifid then usually with upper teeth much shorter and thinner than the lower. Ventral chaetae of XIII (the spermathecal segment) often modified as one or two thin hollow-tipped chaetae, often larger than adjacent somatic chaetae. Dorsal chaetae absent in II, usually present from III, rarely absent in other anterior segments. Each dorsal bundle either with one to many hair chaetae which may be serrate or brush-tipped, or with single or paired sigmoid chaetae which resemble those in ventral bundles. If hairs, then each usually accompanied by a lateral (support) chaeta on each side which do not usually project from the chaetal sacs. Proboscis may be present. Pharynx usually with thickened eversible roof in II and III and pharyngeal glands in several segments between IV and X. Reproduction usually sexual but asexual propagation known in one genus. Thin clitellum normally restricted to XII and XIII. Testes and ovaries paired in XI and XII, respectively. Male pores in XII, female pores within intersegmental furrow 12/13 or ducts plesioporous with pores anteriorly in XIII or coincident with the opening of the spermathecal vestibulae or within the vestibulae. Reproductive organs shifted forward in some taxa where fewer anterior segments regenerate after asexual reproduction. Gonoducts paired. Male ducts lack separate prostate glands. Inner epithelial lining of the atrium thick and glandular in most species, leaving only a narrow lumen. Ciliated vasa deferentia usually thin and usually opening into atria basally or even directly into pseudopenes or ejaculatory ducts. Pendant penes or eversible pseudopenes usually present, but extent of development varies substantially between taxa. Spermathecal pores on XIII, usually within a shallow to deep muscular inversion of the body wall (vestibule). Spermathecal ducts with a narrow lumen and usually with a valve-like structure at the A.M.P.ulla union. The A.M.P.ullae, which may be thin and duct-like anteriorly, usually extend over one or more segments posterior to XIII. Sperm not stored as spermatozeugmata.

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1994. A Preliminary Guide to the Identification of the Microdrile Oligochaeta of Australian Inland Waters. Albury, New South Wales : Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology 137 pp. [out of print] (identification keys)

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [446] (identification keys)

 

General References

Beddard, F.E. 1891. Anatomical description of two new genera of aquatic Oligochaeta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 36: 273-303

Beddard, F.E. 1894. Preliminary notice of South American Tubificidae collected by Dr Michaelson, including the description of a branchiate form. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 205-210

Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

Benham, W.B. 1907. On the Oligochaeta from the Blue Lake, Mount Kosciusko. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 251-264

Brinkhurst, R.O. 1965. A taxonomic revision of the Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta). Journal of Zoology, London 147: 363-386

Brinkhurst, R.O. 1991. A phylogenetic analysis of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta), with a description of a new species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 2031-2040

Giani, N., Martin, P. & Juget, J. 1995. A new species of Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta), Astacopsidrilus naceri sp. nov., from Morocco (North Africa), with notes on the biogeography of the family. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 2375-2381

Gunn, R.J.M., Pinder, A.M. & Walker, B.M. 2004. Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta), a family new to Europe. Irish Naturalists Journal 27: 315-317

Martinez-Ansemil, E., Giani, N. & Sambugar, B. 2003. Oligochaetes from underground waters of Oman with descriptions of two new species of Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta): Antarctodrilus arabicus n. sp. and Phreodrilus stocki n. sp. Contributions to Zoology 71: 147-158

Michaelsen, W. 1900. Oligochaeta. Das Tierreich 10: 1-565

Michaelsen, W. 1903. Die Oligochaten der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, nebst Erorterung der Terricolenfauna oceanischer Inseln, insbesondere der Inseln des subantarktischen Meeres. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3: 131-168

Pinder, A. 2001. Notes on the diversity and distribution of Australian Naididae and Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Annelida). Hydrobiologia 463(1): 49-64

Pinder, A.M. 2003. New species and records of Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Clitellata) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 307-313

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523

Pinder, A.M. & Erséus, C. 2000. New Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Clitellata) from Tasmanian estuaries. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 124: 29-33

Stout, J.D. 1958. Aquatic oligochaetes occurring in forest litter.—II. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 85(2): 289-299

 

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Subfamily Phreodrilinae Brinkhurst, 1991


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Diagnosis

Phreodrilidae with spermathecal pores lateral or dorso-lateral.

 

Diagnosis References

Brinkhurst, R.O. 1991. A phylogenetic analysis of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta), with a description of a new species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 2031-2040 [2039]

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [447]

 

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Genus Antarctodrilus Brinkhurst, 1991

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Diagnosis

Phreodrilinae with spermathecal pores lateral or dorso-lateral, pendant penes present and pseudopenes absent.

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [457]

 

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Species Antarctodrilus acanthaseta Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Antarctodrilus horwitzi Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, peat swamps.

 

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Species Antarctodrilus micros Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, peat swamps, spring.

 

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Species Antarctodrilus niger (Beddard, 1894)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


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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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

General References

Brinkhurst, R.O. 1982. Additional aquatic Oligochaeta from Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 78: 1-13 [5] (provides first records and brief description of Australian specimens)

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [457] (provides description and first illustrations of Australian specimens)

 

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Species Antarctodrilus palustris (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Interstitial waters, lake, lentic freshwater.

 

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Species Antarctodrilus proboscidea (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Interstitial waters, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Antarctodrilus uniseta (Brinkhurst, 1982)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Genus Phreodrilus Beddard, 1891

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

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Species Phreodrilus branchiatus (Beddard, 1894)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria


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IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Phreodrilus diemenensis Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Phreodrilus linnaei Pinder, 2008

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Underground water.

 

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Species Phreodrilus melaleucensis Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Phreodrilus mitodes Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Phreodrilus peniculus Pinder, 2003

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, underground water.

 

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Subfamily Phreodriloidinae Brinkhurst, 1991


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Diagnosis

Spermathecal pores ventral or with spermathecae absent.

 

Diagnosis References

Brinkhurst, R.O. 1991. A phylogenetic analysis of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta), with a description of a new species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 2031-2040 [2039]

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [472]

 

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Genus Astacopsidrilus Goddard, 1909

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia


IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Plesiopore female pores usually within ventral spermathecal vestibulae. Spermathecal vestibulae deep and muscular with muscular connections to the dorsal body wall. Well-developed pendant penes present. Some species ectocommensal on freshwater crayfish (Euastacus).

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [496]

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus campbellianus (Benham, 1909)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Specimens identified as Astacopsidrilus campbellianus by Brinkhurst, R.O. 1982. Additional aquatic Oligochaeta from Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum of Launceston 78: 1–13 from mainland Australia were subsequently described as Phreodrilus diemenensis Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997.


Other Regions

Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus edwardi Pinder, 2003

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Granite moss beds.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus fusiformis Goddard, 1909

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal (host(s): Euastacus sp. [PARASTACIDAE] Freshwater Crayfish), freshwater.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus jamiesoni Brinkhurst, 1991

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal, freshwater.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus myothyros Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus notabilis Goddard, 1909

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Commensal (host(s): Euastacus sp. [PARASTACIDAE] Freshwater Crayfish), freshwater, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus ostiensis Pinder & Erséus, 2000

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary.

 

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Species Astacopsidrilus plumaseta (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lake.

 

Diagnosis

Atria elongate and folded with uniform lining tissue. Dorsal setae all brush-tipped single hairs. Ventral setae all bifid, none enlarged. Modified spermathecal setae extremely long and projecting into separate vestibulae. Free living.

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [503]

 

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Genus Insulodrilus Brinkhurst, 1991

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PHREODRILIDAE: Phreodrilus mauienensis Brinkhurst, 1971 — Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [451]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


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IBRA

Carnarvon (CAR), Pilbara (PIL) ; Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Pilbara (PIL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Spermathecal pores ventral within small to moderately large vestibulae. Well developed pendant penes present. Female pores within intersegmental furrow of 12/13 or plesiopore on anterior on XIII, but not within spermathecal vestibulae.

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [481]

 

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Species Insulodrilus angela Pinder, 2008

 

Distribution

IBRA

Carnarvon (CAR), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: underground water.

 

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Species Insulodrilus bifidus Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, swamp.

 

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Species Insulodrilus breviatria (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lake.

 

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Species Insulodrilus lacustris (Benham, 1903)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Barrow Island


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IBRA

Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Pilbara (PIL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Insulodrilus magnaseta (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lake.

 

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Species Insulodrilus nudus (Brinkhurst & Fulton, 1979)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, peat swamps, swamp.

 

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Species Insulodrilus parviseta Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Insulodrilus unisetoides Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Genus Nesodrilus Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


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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

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

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Species Nesodrilus southwellensis Pinder & Brinkhurst, 1997

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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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

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lotic freshwater.

 

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Genus Phreodriloides Benham, 1907

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


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IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Diagnosis

Atria highly muscular with thin lining tissue and wide lumen used for sperm storage. Small, but well-developed pendant penes present within penis sacs. Spermathecae absent. Female ducts plesiopore.

 

Diagnosis References

Pinder, A.M. & Brinkhurst, R.O. 1997. A review of the Phreodrilidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificida) of Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 443-523 [472]

 

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Species Phreodriloides notabilis Benham, 1907

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


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IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, interstitial waters, lake, lotic freshwater.

 

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Species Inquirenda

 

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