Species Trinephrus fastigatus (Fletcher, 1889)

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• Cryptodrilus fastigatus Fletcher, J.J. 1889. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(2): 1521-1558 [1541-1543].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM W4709, Burrawang, New South Wales [34°36'S 150°31'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM W1308, Illawarra, New South Wales [35°24'S 146°50'E].
• Cryptodrilus dubius Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary description of Victorian earthworms. Part I. The genera Cryptodrilus and Megascolides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 4: 130-156 [136-137] [junior objective synonym of Trinephrus fastigatus (Fletcher, 1889)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (according to Jamieson (2000), these specimens are lost), Croajingolong, Victoria [ca 37°25'S 149°40'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [1440-1442] (synonymised Cryptodrilus dubius Spencer, 1892 under Trinephrus fastigatus due to close similarity)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Burrawang, Illawarra and Mt Kosciuszko (NSW) and dubiously Croajingalong (VIC).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1972. A numerical study of the Australian earthworm genera Cryptodrilus Fletcher and Trinephrus Beddard, with a new genus (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 51: 147-175 [161-166] (as Cryptodrilus fastigatus)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1973. Earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Mount Kosciusko, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 215-252 [229-233] (as Cryptodrilus fastigatus)

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] [1440] (as Trinephrus fastigatus)

Michaelsen, W. 1900. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [185] (as Trinephrus fastigatus)

 

History of changes

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