Subspecies Spenceriella rubra frenchii (Spencer, 1892)

• Perichaeta frenchii Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary notice of Victorian earthworms. Part II. The genus Perichaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 5: 1-26 [9-10].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV F40210, Loch [38°22'S 145°43'E]; apparently (Jamieson 2000), there is one specimen but three localities, the above, and Waratah Bay [38°01'S 145°18'E] and Narre Warren [38°51'S 146°04'E], thus lectotype locality is uncertain.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Loch, Narre Warren and Waratah Bay.

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

Jensz, R.L. & Smith, B.J. 1969. Catalogue of Baldwin Spencer earthworm types in the National Museum of Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 29: 85-110 [105] (as Perichaeta frenchii)

Michaelsen, W. 1900. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [218-219] (as Megascolex frenchii)

Sweet, G. 1900. On the structure of the spermiducal glands and associated parts in Australian earthworms. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 28: 109-139 [116-117] (as Megascolex frenchii)

 

History of changes

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