Spirostreptida: Iulomorphidae:
Thaumaceratopus spp.
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Thaumaceratopus cervinus Verhoeff, 1924
Thaumaceratopus cervinus Verhoeff 1924: 86 (first description),
figs. 40, 55-58 pl. 3.
Thaumaceratopus cervinus Jeekel 1971: 114. (In genus catalogue; designated as type of Thaumaceratopus.)
Thaumaceratopus cervinus Jeekel 1981: 39. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
Holotype. Male.
Locality. Cedar Creek, Qld (see Note below).
Collector, date. Collected in April (Verhoeff 1924: 87) during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?
Note. Ferrier (2006: 6) identifies Cedar Creek as the present-day Ravenshoe area.
Thaumaceratopus elongatus Verhoeff, 1924
Thaumaceratopus elongatus Verhoeff 1924: 78 (mention in taxonomic discussion),
87 (first description),
fig. 59, pl. 3.
Thaumaceratopus elongatus Jeekel 1981: 42. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
Holotype. Male.
Locality. Cedar Creek, Qld (See Note below).
Collector, date. Collected in April (Verhoeff 1924: 88) during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?
Note. Ferrier (2006: 6) identifies Cedar Creek as the present-day Ravenshoe area.
According to Enghoff et al. (1993: 190), T. elongatus has the most segments of any known spirostreptidan.
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