Genus Spenceriella Michaelsen, 1907
- Spenceriella Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. pp. 117-232 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [161].
Type species:
Diporochaeta notabilis Spencer, 1900 (=Spenceriella notabilis (Spencer, 1900)) by original designation. - Spenceriella (Austroscolex) Jamieson, B.G.M. 1977. The indigenous earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30: 272-308 [284-285].
Type species:
Spenceriella (Austroscolex) howeana Jamieson, 1977 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; NSW, Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Corner (SEC) ; SA, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM)
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Diagnosis
Perichaetin; setae 16 or more per segment. A pair of combined male and prostatic pores in segment XVIII. Spermathecal pores intersegmental. Gizzard in V well developed or rudimentary. Calciferous glands 3 or 4 pairs in X-XII, XIII, or absent. Intestine acaecate. Meronephric; bucco-pharyngeal tufts present or absent; oesophageal nephridia astomate or stomate; caudal nephridia stomate (and astomate?); nephridia in regions in which they are stomate (aleays?) with a media preseptal funnel and multiple intrasegmental funnels. Caudal enteronephry present or, more commonly, absent. Rarely with nephridial bladders. No setae median to the male pores. Prostates racemose or tubuloracemose. Spermathecae diverticulate. (Jamieson 2001)
Diagnosis References
Jamieson, B.G.M. 2001. Six species of Megascolecinae (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(2): 589-602 [591]
General References
Dyne, G.R. & Wallace, C.C. 1994. Biodiversity and conservation of the earthworm fauna of the wet tropics of Queensland's World Heritage area. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36(1): 59-66 (two species listed for Wet tropics Queensland World Heritage Area)
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 |