Species Spenceriella macleayi (Fletcher, 1889)

Museums

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• Perichaeta macleayi Fletcher, J.J. 1889. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(2): 1521-1558 [1556-1558].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM W1344-1345 2 specimens (specimen W1344 re-examined by Jamieson (2000)), Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales [33°53'S 151°12'E].
• Anisochaeta filix Blakemore, R.J. 2000. New species of the earthworm genus Anisochaeta (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 52: 1-40 [21] [the only two species of Spenceriella with two pairs of calciferous glands are S. macleayi and S. filix (Blakemore 2000), collected by Easton from Tree Fern Valley, NSW; it appears probable, from its description, that S. filix is conspecific with S. macleayi (Jamieson 2001: 598)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMS W24476 (Col: E. Easton, 17/03/1983), Tree Fern Valley, New England N.P., NSW [30°30'S 152°30'E].
  Paratype(s) AMS W24477, W24478, same data as holotype; ANIC RB.98.2.31, RB.98.2.32, RB.98.2.36, same data as holotype.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [597] (tentative synonymy of Anisochaeta filix Blakemore, 2000)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Wide ranging through the central coast of NSW, from Upper Manning River in the north to Bundanoon, near Moss Vale in the south.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

General References

Fletcher, J.J. 1890. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(2): 987-1019 [1004-1007] (as Perichaeta macleayi, varieties a, b and c)

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 [598] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement the only two species of Spenceriella with two pairs of calciferous glands are S. macleayi and S. filix (Blakemore, 2000), collected by Easton from Tree Fern Valley, NSW, it thus appears probable, from its description, that S. filix is conspecific with S. macleayi)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	ANNELIDA	16-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	02-Jan-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED