Species Spenceriella sebastiani (Blakemore, 1997)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anisochaeta sebastiani Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1836-1838].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC RB.94.16.1 mature specimen (dissected), Taringa, Queensland [27°28'S 153°02'E].
  Paratype(s) QVM 14:3475 mature specimen (dissected), Gorge Cottage, Cataract Gorge Reserve, Launceston, Tasmania [41°25'S 147°10'E]; ANIC RB.95.23.2 mature specimen (dissected), Broulee, New South Wales [35°51'S 150°11'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded from Broulee, central coast of NSW, from Tarringa in QLD and from Launceston in Tasmania; unusual discontinous distribution across three States and its association with gardens in QLD and Tasmania implies translocation by humans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), 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), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • Tasmania

General References

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 [4] (as Anisochaeta sebastiani)

Blakemore, R.J. 2000. Tasmanian earthworms. Published electronically. 575 pp. [455] (as Anisochaeta sebastiani)

 

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
		02-Jan-2013	MODIFIED