Species Spathula gourbaultae Ball, 1977

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spathula gourbaultae Ball, I.R. 1977. A monograph of the genus Spathula (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 47: 1-43 [15].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:52DD9890-2A72-4893-8CEC-20F30E0B5329

  Type data:

   Holotype ROM ROM C93b sagittal sections on four slides (coll: H.B.N. Hynes & M.E. Hynes, 31.x.1971), Victoria, Headwaters of Walker's Creek at 4000 ft on Mt Donna Buang [37° 43' S, 145° 40' E].
  Paratype(s) ROM ROM C93b, C92b, C93c, C92, C93 sagittal and transverse sections on slides; whole specimens in ethanol (coll: H.B.N. Hynes & M.E. Hynes, 31.x.1971.), Victoria, Headwaters of Walker's Creek at 4000 ft on Mt Donna Buang [37° 43' S, 145° 40' E]
  Comment: typographical error in lat/long data in original publication (published as 37° 43' S, 45° 40' E).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Dugesiidae, Spathula, with:
* one pair of sensory pits
* short caudal oviducal branch
* testes dorsal; one prepharyngeal, one postpharyngeal
* penis hemispherical with stout papilla

 

Diagnosis References

Ball, I.R. 1977. A monograph of the genus Spathula (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 47: 1-43

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	"TURBELLARIA"	30-Jun-2016	ADDED	Dr Kathryn Hall Dr Alberto Venchi