Blakemore, Rob J. (1997). First 'common earthworm' [Lumbricus terrestris] found in Tasmania. Invertebrata. 9: 1,5.

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Blakemore, Rob J.

1997

9: 1,5

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The full account is in Blakemore 2000, Tasmanian Earthworms

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The European earthworm Lumbricus terrestris Linneaus, 1758 has been found in a suburban garden in Launceston - the first authenticated record of this species in Australia. Studies on L. terrestris have a long history, it was one of the species considered by Charles Darwin in his famous treatise on earthworms (Darwin 1881). In the past various species of earthworms introduced into Australia have been misidentified as L. terrestris. An unfortunate consequence of earlier unsubstantiated accounts of presence in Australia is its erroneous listing as an introduced species in the scientific literature. Here I describe the animal, give details of the Launceston find and comment on earlier accounts of its distribution. A formal scientific note on L. terrestris in Tasmania will appear elsewhere.

Tasmanian

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida

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