Species Rhododrilus kermadecensis Benham, 1905

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• Rhododrilus kermadecensis Benham, W.B. 1905. Earthworms from the Kermadecs. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37: 298-300 [299].

  Type data:

   Holotype (lost), Kermadec Islands.
• Rhododrilus littoralis Jamieson, B.G.M. 1974. The indigenous earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 26: 201-328 [213].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH K396 1 specimen, Eagle Hawk Neck [43°00'S 147°55'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1973.2.53-54 2 specimens, Eagle Hawk Neck [43°00'S 147°55'E]; BJ T77-78 2 specimens, Eagle Hawk Neck [43°00'S 147°55'E]; TMH K:397-400 4 specimens, Eagle Hawk Neck [43°00'S 147°55'E]; AM G:2628 5 specimens, 'Hobart and Straham' presumed to be Strahan [42°50'S 147°20'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Blakemore, R.J. 2000. Tasmanian earthworms. Published electronically. 575 pp. [557]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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
• New Zealand
  • Kermadec Islands

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [190, figs 175, 176] (description)

 

History of changes

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