Genus Trinephrus Beddard, 1895

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Genus Trinephrus Beddard, 1895

Trinephrus Beddard, F.E. 1895. A Monograph of the Order of Oligochaeta. Oxford : Clarendon Press. [483].
Type species:
Cryptodrilus fastigatus Fletcher, 1889 (=Trinephrus fastigatus (Fletcher, 1889)) by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal

Diagnosis

Setae in 8 regular longitudinal rows throughout. Genital markings present. Gizzard rudimentary, in V. Oesophagus vascularised in several segments; especially dilated but with only low internal rugae in XIV, XV and XVI. Intestine commencing in XVIII; typhlosole absent. Nephridia discharging through subspherical or, in places, elongate bladders, in setal lines a, c and d, commencing in II. Tufted nephridia absent; the median nephridium on each side in the mid- and hind-body with a preseptal funnel. Prostates one pair, with pores in XVIII; racemose with the duct branching before entering the gland, the vasa deferentia joining the anterior of the two major rami of the duct. Ovisacs absent. Spermathecae (2 pairs, in VIII and IX) each with two diverticula.

Diagnosis References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [1438]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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