Species Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)
- Lumbricus litoralis Grube, E. 1855. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 21: 81-136 [127].
- Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, F.E. 1891. Abstract of some investigations into the structure of the Oligochaeta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(6): 88-96 [96].
- Plutellus (Pontodrilus) bermudensis Michaelsen, W. 1922. Oligochaeten aus dem Rijks-Museum van Natuurlijke Historie zu Leiden. Capita Zoologica 1(3): 1-67.
- Cryptodrilus insularis Rosa, D. 1891. Die exotischen terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 6: 379-406 [387].
- Pontodrilus arenae Michaelsen, W. 1892. Terricolen der Berliner Zoologischen Sammlung. II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 58: 209-261 [222].
- Pontodrilus hesperidium Beddard, F.E. 1894. Some new or little known Oligochaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 12: 30-45 [37].
- Pontodrilus michaelseni Eisen, G. 1895. Pacific Coast Oligochaeta 1. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 2(4): 63-122 [73].
- Pentodrilus ephippiger Rosa, D. 1898. On some new earthworms of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 2: 276-290 [277].
- Pontodrilus matsushimensis Iizuka, A. 1898. On a new species of littoral Oligochaeta (Pontodrilus matsushimensis). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 2: 21-28 [21].
- Pontodrilus ephippiger laysanianus Michaelsen, W. 1899. Oligochäten von den Inseln des Pacific nebst Exorterungen zur Systematik der Megascoleciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 12: 211-246 [217].
- Pontodrilus matsushimensis chathamianus Michaelsen, W. 1899. Oligochäten von den Inseln des Pacific nebst Exorterungen zur Systematik der Megascoleciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 12: 211-246 [220].
- Pontodrilus michaelseni hortensis Eisen, G. 1900. Researches on American Oligochaeta, with special reference to those of the Pacific Coast and adjacent islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2(2): 85-276 [241].
- Pontodrilus laccadivensis Beddard, F.E. 1903. The earthworms of the Maldive and Laccadive Islands. Fauna and Geography of the Maldives and Laccadive Archipelagoes 1: 374-375 [374].
- Pontodrilus crosslandi Beddard, F.E. 1906. On a new species of worm of the genus Pontodrilus the shores of the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905(2): 558-561 [561].
- Pontodrilus albanyensis Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. pp. 117-232 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [185-187].
- Pontodrilus albanyensis cygni Jackson, A. 1931. The Oligochaeta of South-Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 71-136 [94-95] [as Pontodrilus albanyensis var. cygni].
- Plutellus (Pontodrilus) matsushimensis indica Michaelsen, W. 1935. Earthworms from South-Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 21: 39-43 [106].
- Pontodrilus gracilis Gates, G.E. 1943. On some American and Oriental earthworms, part II. Family Megascolecidae. Ohio Journal of Science 43: 99-116 [100].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schmarda, L.K. 1861. Neue Turbellarien, Rotarien und Anneliden 1 (2). 164 in Schmarda, L.K. (ed.). Neue Wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und Gesammelt auf einer reise um die erder 1853 bis 1857. Leipzig : Engelmann. [11] (Pontoscolex arenicola synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Perrier, E. 1874. Sur un nouveau genre indigené de Lombriciens terrestres (Pontodrilus Marionis E.P.). Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 78: 1582-1586 [1582] (Pontodrilus marionis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Beddard, F.E. 1891. Abstract of some investigations into the structure of the Oligochaeta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(6): 88-96 [96] (Pontodrilus bermudensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Rosa, D. 1891. Die exotischen terricolen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 6: 379-406 [387] (Cryptodrilus insularis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Michaelsen, W. 1892. Terricolen der Berliner Zoologischen Sammlung. II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 58: 209-261 [222] (Pontodrilus arenae synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Beddard, F.E. 1894. Some new or little known Oligochaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 12: 30-45 [37] (Pontodrilus hesperidium synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Iizuka, A. 1898. On a new species of littoral Oligochaeta (Pontodrilus matsushimensis). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 2: 21-28 [21] (Pontodrilus matsushimensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Rosa, D. 1898. On some new earthworms of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 2: 276-290 [277] (Pontodrilus ephippiger synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Michaelsen, W. 1899. Oligochäten von den Inseln des Pacific nebst Exorterungen zur Systematik der Megascoleciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 12: 211-246 [217, 220] (Pontodrilus ephippiger laysanianus and Pontodrilus matsushimensis chathamianus synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Eisen, G. 1900. Researches on American Oligochaeta, with special reference to those of the Pacific Coast and adjacent islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2(2): 85-276 [241] (Pontodrilus michaelseni hortensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Benham, W.B. 1901. On some earthworms from the islands around New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 33: 129-144 [129] (Pontodrilus chathamensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Beddard, F.E. 1903. The earthworms of the Maldive and Laccadive Islands. Fauna and Geography of the Maldives and Laccadive Archipelagoes 1: 374-375 [374] (Pontodrilus laccadivensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Beddard, F.E. 1906. On a new species of worm of the genus Pontodrilus the shores of the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905(2): 558-561 [561] (Pontodrilus crosslandi synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochäten von Madagaska, den Comoren und anderen Inseln des westlichen Indischen Ozeans. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reise in Ostafrika in der Jahren 1903–1905 2: 41-50 [185-187] (Pontodrilus albanyensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Michaelsen, W. 1913. Die Oligochäten von Neu-Caledonien und den beachbarten Inselngruppen. Nova Caledonia 1: 173-280 [257] (Pontodrilus sp. synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Stephenson, J. 1915. Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5: 141-146 [145] (Pontodrilus bermudensis ephippiger synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Michaelsen, W. 1922. Oligochaeten aus dem Rijks-Museum van Natuurlijke Historie zu Leiden. Capita Zoologica 1(3): 1-67 [22] (Plutellus (Pontodrilus) bermudensis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Michaelsen, W. 1935. Earthworms from South-Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 21: 39-43 [106] (Plutellus (Pontodrilus) matsushimensis indica synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
- Gates, G.E. 1943. On some American and Oriental earthworms, part II. Family Megascolecidae. Ohio Journal of Science 43: 99-116 [100] (Pontodrilus gracilis synonymised under Pontodrilus litoralis)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Qld: Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait islands; NSW: Five Islands (Off Port Kembla), Peel Island (Moreton Bay) and Shark Island (Port Jackson) and other coastal sites.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Angola
- Cape Verde Islands
- Guinea-Bissau
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
- Guam
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Tonga
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
Neotropical Region
- Bahamas
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (USA)
Oriental Region
- Andaman Islands
- Burma (= Myanmar)
- Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
- India
- Indonesia
- Java
- Laccadive (= Cannanore) Islands
- Maldives
- Nicobar Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Vietnam
Palaearctic Region
- Canary Islands
- France
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Monaco
- Spain
General References
Easton, E.G. 1984. Earthworms (Oligochaeta) from islands of the south-western Pacific, and a note on two species from Papua New Guinea. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 11: 111-128 (detailed synonymy for Pontodrilus litoralis)
Gates, G.E. 1972. Burmese earthworms. An introduction to the systematics and biology of megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to South-east Asia. Transactions of the Australian Entomological Society 62(7): 1-326 [47] (as Pontodrilus bermudemsis Beddard, 1891)
Jackson, A. 1931. The Oligochaeta of South-Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 71-136 [94 & 95] (as Pontodrilus albanyesis, p. 94 & as Pontodrilus bermudensis ephippiger, p. 95)
Jamieson, B.G.M. & Wampler, J.E. 1979. Bioluminescent Australian earthworms II. Taxonomy and preliminary report on bioluminescence in the genera Spenceriella, Fletcherodrilus and Pontoscolex (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 637-669 [665-666] (as Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891)
Lee, K.E. 1952. Studies on the earthworm fauna of New Zealand. III. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 80(1): 23-45 [25] (as Pontodrilus matsushimensis chathamianus)
Lee, K.E. 1959. The earthworm fauna of New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 130: 1-486 [336] (as Pontodrilus matsushimensis chathamianus)
Michaelsen, W. 1900. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [181] (as Pontodrilus ephippiger laysanianus Michaelsen, 1899)
Wampler, J.E.W. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 1980. Earthworm bioluminescence: comparative physiology and biochemistry. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 66B: 43-50 [44-49] (as Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891)
Wampler, J.E.W. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 1986. Cell bound bioluminescence from Pontodrilus bermudensis and its similarities to other earthworm bioluminescence. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 84A: 81-87 [81-87] (as Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2023 | OLIGOCHAETA | 12-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| 15-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |