Aporodrilus mortenseni (Michaelsen, 1924)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Original description:
Michaelsen, W. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XVII. Oligochäten von Neuseeland und den Auckland - Campbell - Inseln, Nebst einigen anderen Pacifischen Formen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København. 75: 197-240.
Synonym/s: Anisochaeta mortenseni (Michaelsen, 1924); Megascolex mortenseni Michaelsen, 1924
Conservation Status
Last record 1915.
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original description:
Michaelsen, W. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XVII. Oligochäten von Neuseeland und den Auckland - Campbell - Inseln, Nebst einigen anderen Pacifischen Formen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København. 75: 197-240.
Other references:
Blakemore, R. J. (2010). New zeal for new New Zealand earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, Megascolecidae, Lumbricidae: Oligochaeta: Annelida). VermEcology, Japan, 55 pp., CD.
Blakemore, R.J. 2011. Further records of non-cryptic New Zealand earthworms. ZooKeys 160: 23-46. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.160.2354.
Blakemore, R.J. 2014. Miscellaneous earthworm types in the Natural History Museum, London (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Eudrilidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Octochaetidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest 45(2): 119-155.
Lee, K.E. 1952. Studies on the Earthworm Fauna of New Zealand. III. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 80: 23-45.
Lee, K.E. 1959. The earthworm fauna of New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific & Industrial Research Bulletin. 130: 1-486.
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