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Species Notoscolex officeri (Spencer, 1895)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Central, NW and W Tasmania.


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

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

 

General 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] [925] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement moved this species from his tentative placement in Cryptodrilus (Jamieson 1974) to (again tentative) placement in Oreoscolex; in a contemporaneous paper, Blakemore (2000), based on abundant new material, placed the species in Notoscolex)

 

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