Maoridrilus felix felix Blakemore, 2010
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Blakemore, 2017)
Last (and only) record: 2010 (Blakemore, 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
South Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Blakemore, Robert J. (2010). New zeal for new New Zealand earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, Megascolecidae, Lumbricidae: Oligochaeta: Annelida). VermEcology, Japan, 55 pp., CD publication compliant with ICZN (1999: Art. 8).
Other references:
Blakemore, Robert J. (2017). Maoridrilus felix. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103167440A103193330. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T103167440A103193330.en. Downloaded on 18 September 2021.
Boyer, Stephane, Blakemore, Robert J. and Wratten, Steve D. (2011). An integrative taxonomic approach to the identification of three new New Zealand endemic earthworm species (Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae: Oligochaeta). Zootaxa 2994: 21-32.
Buckley, T. R., Boyer, S., Bartlam, S., Hitchmough, R., Rolfe, J. and Stringer, I. (2015). Conservation status of New Zealand earthworms, 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 10. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 10 pp.
Overmars, F. B. et al. (1998). Ngakawau Ecological District: Survey Report for the Protected Natural Areas Programme. Department of Conservation, West Coast Conservancy., Hokitika, N.Z.