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Giant Palouse earthworm - A vulnerable North American species. Oregon giant earthworm - A relative of the Palouse earthworm. Specimens have been recorded at 1.3 m (4 feet) long. Lake Pedder earthworm - Listed as the first "extinct" worm species from its original unique Tasmanian habitat. Lumbricus badensis - Giant (Badish) earthworm.
Oligochaetes are well-segmented worms and most have a spacious body cavity (coelom) used as a hydroskeleton.They range in length from less than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) up to 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) in the 'giant' species such as the giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis) and the Mekong worm (Amynthas mekongianus).
There are over 22,000 living annelid species, [6] [7] ranging in size from microscopic to the Australian giant Gippsland earthworm and Amynthas mekongianus, which can both grow up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) long [7] [8] [9] to the largest annelid, Microchaetus rappi which can grow up to 6.7 m (22 ft).
The Giant earthworm is a name often given to a variety of large invertebrates in the class Clitellata, many being from the family Megascolecidae. It may refer to: It may refer to: Australia and New Zealand
Earthworm head. Depending on the species, an adult earthworm can be from 10 mm (0.39 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) wide to 3 m (9.8 ft) long and over 25 mm (0.98 in) wide, but the typical Lumbricus terrestris grows to about 360 mm (14 in) long. [9]
Megascolides albus Lee, 1952; Megascolides attenuatus Spencer, 1892; Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878 – giant Gippsland earthworm; Megascolides cataractus Blakemore, 2000 ...
Earthworm, giant Gippsland earthworm: 1 - Invasion of the Land: Features the earthworm and its importance for the soil, and six feet long giant gippsland earthworm. Evolution: Invertebrates: 1 - Invasion of the Land: Evolution of land invertebrates, how they have adapted to survive out of water, and their relationship with green plants ...
Serpula (also known as calcareous tubeworm, serpulid tubeworm, fanworm, or plume worm) is a genus of sessile, marine annelid tube worms that belongs to the family Serpulidae. [3] Serpulid worms are very similar to tube worms of the closely related sabellid family, except that the former possess a cartilaginous operculum that occludes the ...