Genus Pseudonotoscolex Jamieson, 1971

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• Pseudonotoscolex Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. Earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Western Australia and their zoogeography. Journal of Zoology, London 165(4): 471-504 [496-497].

  Type species:

   Pseudonotoscolex pallinupensis Jamieson, 1971 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Diagnosis

Setae 8 per segment. Combined male and prostatic pores a pair on XVIII. Meronephric; buccal tufts present anteriorly; avesiculate exonephric (astomate?) megameronephridia present throughout most of the body, few in number, first the medianmost nephridium but further caudally an intermediate nephridium, enlarged and with preseptal funnel; a few most posterior caudal segments with a small number of astomate micromeronephridia only. Gizzard in V; calciferous glands absent; some oesophageal dilatations present; dorsal typhlosole present. Prostates racemose. Spermathecae with extramural diverticula.

 

Diagnosis 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] [1064]

 

History of changes

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