Genus Scolecidrilus Jamieson, 2000

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scolecidrilus 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] [1083].

  Type species:

   Perichaeta scolecoidea Spencer, 1895 (=Scolecidrilus scolecoidea Spencer, 1895) by original designation.
• Scolecoidea Blakemore, R.J. 2000. Tasmanian earthworms. Published electronically. 575 pp. [512].

 

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

Diagnosis

Body truncated: length (contracted) only about five times the greatest width. Perichaetine with very numerous setae, exceeding 70 in most segments. Male pores on XVIII. Genital markings narrow transverse pads in some intersegments. Spermathecal pores 2 pairs. Last hearts in XII. Holonephric (avesiculate?). Gizzard very large, but not very thick walled, in V; true calciferous glands absent; intestinal origin XVIII. Holandric; seminal vesicles racemose, in XII. Prostates racemose, tongue-shaped. Penial setae absent. Metagynous. Spermathecae each with two small diverticula near the ampulla.

 

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] [1083]

 

General References

Blakemore, R.J. 2000. Tasmanian earthworms. Published electronically. 575 pp. [512] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

History of changes

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