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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.
1 Australia and New Zealand. 2 North ... the Mekong worm, up to 2.9 m (10 ft) in length; Kinabalu giant earthworm, up to 0.7 ... Lineus longissimus or bootlace worm ...
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.
There’s an invasive species of worm making itself known in Texas once again—the hammerhead flatworm.These worms are toxic, hard to kill. A Foot-Long Worm From Hell Is Invading Texas—and It ...
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] Probably the longest worm on confirmed records is Amynthas mekongianus that extends up to 3 m (10 ft) [10] in the ...
Megascolecidae is a family of earthworms native to Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and North America. All species of the Megascolecidae belong to the Clitellata class. [ 2 ] The Megascolecidae comprise a large family of earthworms [ 3 ] and they can grow up to 2 meters in length. [ 4 ]
Little is known about the giant Palouse earthworm. Typical adult specimens are about 8 in (20 cm) in length. [5] They are related to a species in Australia that is a true giant at 3.3 ft (1.0 m), the giant Gippsland earthworm. The worm is albino in appearance.
A medical report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine notes that doctors in India rid a man of a roughly 6-foot long tapeworm by pulling it through his mouth.