Giant Gippsland Earthworm
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| Giant Gippsland earthworm | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Oligochaeta |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Megascolides |
| Species: | M. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878 |
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The Giant Gippsland Earthworm, (Megascolides australis), is one of Australia's 1,000 native earthworm species. These Giant earthworms average at 100 cm long and 2 cm in diameter and can reach 3 m in length.[1] They have a dark purple head and a blue-gray body.
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Wikispecies has information on: Megascolides australis. |
- ↑ Diversity of Soil Fauna and Ecosystem Function, Biology International. Retrieved on October 23, 2008.
