Octochaetus microchaetus (Benham, 1950)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cryptochaeta microchaeta Benham, 1950
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1876
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
South Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Benham, W. B. (1950). On Cryptochaeta, a New Genus of Earthworms; and a Nomenclatural Muddle Solved. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 78(234-328.).
Other references:
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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).
Blakemore, Robert J. (2012). On Schmarda's lost earthworm and some newly found New Zealand species (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, & Megascolecidae s. stricto). Journal of Species Research 1(2): 105-132.
Blakemore, Robert J. (2016). Cosmopolitan Earthworms – an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. VermEcology, Yokohama.
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Buckley, Thomas R., Palma, Ricardo L., Johns, Peter Malcolm, Gleeson, Dianne M., Heath, A. C. G., Hitchmough, R. A. and Stringer, I. A. N. (2012). The conservation status of small or less well known groups of New Zealand terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2012.686319 [Supplemental Material]
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Lee, K. E. (1961). Interactions between native and introduced earthworms. Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society. 8: 60-62.
Smith, W. W. (1894). Further Notes on New Zealand Earthworms. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 26: 155-175.