- The
giant Gippsland earthworm (
Megascolides australis) is one of Australia's 1,000
native earthworm species.
These giant earthworms average 1
metre (3...
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Megascolides is a
genus of
earthworms in the
family Megascolecidae.
There are
about 40 species:
Megascolides albus Lee, 1952
Megascolides attenuatus Spencer...
- 8 ft) in the 'giant'
species such as the
giant Gippsland earthworm (
Megascolides australis) and the
Mekong worm (Amynthas mekongi****).
Terrestrial oligochaetes...
- can
weigh over 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). Only the
giant Gippsland earthworm,
Megascolides australis, and a few
giant polychaetes,
including the
notorious Eunice...
- of 600 segments.
Along with
Amynthas mekongi**** (Cognetti, 1922) and
Megascolides australis,
Rhinodrilus fafner is
among the
largest known giant earthworms...
-
Macnabodrilus Fender & McKey-Fender, 1990
Megascolex Templeton, 1844
Megascolides McCoy, 1878
Metapheretima Michaelsen, 1928
Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972...
- subpo****tions.
Diporochaeta pounamu Diporochaeta radula Driloleirus macelfreshi Megascolides australis Tokea huttoni Tokea kirki Tokea unipapillata Zacharius obo...
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Retrieved 2010-04-27. Smith,
Frank (1897). "Upon an
undescribed species of
Megascolides from the
United States". The
American Naturalist. 31 (363): 202–204....
- exleyi, a cave-dwelling
remipede crustacean Giant Gippsland earthworm,
Megascolides australis Bathurst copper,
purple copper,
Paralucia spinifera Red handfish...
-
gradients and
worked on
these specimens with Michaelsen, who
named a
species Megascolides bergtheili after him. The
family changed from
their German-Jewish surname...
