'SipTas'

(Order Polyzoniida, family Siphonotidae)

'SipTas' rarely grows longer than 6 mm but its colouration is distinctive and it is unlikely to be confused with any other Tasmanian polyzoniidan.

Although widespread, 'SipTas' appears to be restricted to wet forest and has been found from sea level up to ca. 1000 m. It was first discovered in the 1970s in the Southern Forests, where it is common both in old-growth and in eucalypt regrowth arising from clearfall-and-burn silviculture (Mesibov 1997b).

Localities for 'SipTas'. Scale bar = 100 km.

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Distribution, conservation and general - Mesibov (1997b), Mesibov (1999)