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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.
A. teres and A. parateres were identified in 1868 by Ehlers as Diopatra teres [11] and in 1878 they were placed in the genus Onuphis by Grube. [4] In 1979, Paxton re-classified them into their current taxonomy, [4] in what is regarded as the authority study on Australian beach worms. [5]
This is a list of rodents of Australia. [1] [2] Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the family Muridae.The "Old endemics" group are member of tribe Hydromyini, which reached Australasia between 11 – 9 million years ago from Asia, while the "New endemics", members of the tribe Rattini, are presumed to have arrived more recently, between 4 – 3 million years ago, also ...
Aridulodrilus molesworthae is a large Australian earthworm occurring, unusually, in a semiarid region of New South Wales.It was recognised as a species of Megascolecidae, a family with extreme diversity in the wetter coastal regions of the continent, but distinguished as a new monotypic genus Aridulodrilus, a name derived from Latin meaning a semi-desert worm.
The giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama), also known as the Australian giant cuttlefish, [3] is the world's largest cuttlefish species, growing to 50 cm (20 in) in mantle length and up to 100 cm (39 in) in total length (total length meaning the whole length of the body including outstretched tentacles). They can be over 10.5 kg (23 lb) in weight.
This is the second such sighting of mysterious object in three weeks in Australia
Tasmanipatus barretti was described by Ruhberg et al. in 1991. [4] [5] The generic name Tasmanipatus refers to the species' distribution in Tasmania, Australia.The specific name barretti refers to Australian naturalist Charles Leslie Barrett, who was sent a specimen from St Marys.
Funnel-web spiders are known from Australia’s east coast, according to the Australian Museum. They are “medium to large spiders” ranging from about 0.4 inches to about 2 inches.