Species Simsia eucalypti (Spencer, 1900)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megascolides eucalypti Spencer, W.B. 1900. Further descriptions of Australian earthworms, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 13(1): 29-67 [35-36].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV F40185, Neerim, Victoria [37°58'S 145°57'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F401440, Noojee, S Warragul, Victoria [ca 38°10'S 145°56'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Jamieson, B.G.M. 1972. Further species of the Victorian earthworm genus Simsia Jamieson, 1972 (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) with a numerical analysis of intersetal ratios. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 33: 89-108 [91].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Three localities within 30 km of Warrugul: Neerim, Noojee and Longwarry.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1972. Further species of the Victorian earthworm genus Simsia Jamieson, 1972 (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) with a numerical analysis of intersetal ratios. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 33: 89-108 [91-94] (as Simsia eucalypti)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED