Species Perionychella lacustris (Stephenson, 1924)
- Perionyx lacustris Stephenson, J. 1924. On a new species of the genus Perionyx (Oligochaeta) from Tasmania. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 83: 546-547 [546].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1924.10.21.1-5 5 specimens (includes one specimen dissected earlier (by Stephenson?) and one dissected by Jamieson; Jamieson (1974) augmented and corrected original description by Stephenson), Great Lake, Central Tasmania [41°55'S 146°45'E].
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Great Lake.
Australian Endemic.
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
- Australia
- Tasmania
Ecological Descriptors
Soil dweller.
General References
Jamieson, B.G.M. 1976. The genus Diporochaeta (Oligochaeta Megascolecidae) in Queensland. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 149: 1-57 [4] (as Diporochaeta lacustris)
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] [481] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement retained species in Diporochaeta; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000))
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] [481] (as Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) lacustris)
History of changes
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