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🪱Giant Gippsland earthworm
Megascolides australis, englisch Giant Gippsland earthworm, ist eine Art der Wenigborster (Oligochaeta) aus Australien, die zur Familie der Megascolecidae gehört. Er wurde 1878 von Frederick McCoy in Gippsland im Bundesstaat Victoria entdeckt. Der Wurm erreicht eine Länge von 80 cm bis 3 m.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumAnnelida
- ›classClitellata
- ›orderCrassiclitellata
- ›familyMegascolecidae
- ›genusMegascolides
- ›speciesMegascolides australis
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- suborderLumbricina
- familyMegascolecidae
- genusMegascolides
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- classClitellata
- suborderLumbricina
- familyMegascolecidae
- genusMegascolides
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