Species Simsia narrensis (Spencer, 1892)

• Cryptodrilus narrensis Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary description of Victorian earthworms. Part I. The genera Cryptodrilus and Megascolides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 4: 130-156 [142].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F4053 single clitellate specimen (dissected) (Jamieson (2000) examined the 'previously dissected, semi-desiccated syntype'), Narre Warren, Victoria [38°01'S 145°18'E].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Narre Warren.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part III — The subfamily Megascolecinae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 69-102 [88] (as Plutellus narrensis)

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] [1116] (as Simsia narrensis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	08-Feb-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED