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SpeciesCrassiclitellataMegascolecidae
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🪱Giant Gippsland earthworm

Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878

吉普斯兰大蚯蚓（Megascolides australis），或称澳洲巨型蚯蚓，是澳大利亚的1,000余种本地蚯蚓之一。

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Megascolides australis
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.

Population trendUnknown
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumAnnelida
  3. ›classClitellata
  4. ›orderCrassiclitellata
  5. ›familyMegascolecidae
  6. ›genusMegascolides
  7. ›speciesMegascolides australis
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  1. phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
  2. suborderLumbricina
  3. familyMegascolecidae
  4. genusMegascolides
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
  3. classClitellata
  4. suborderLumbricina
  5. familyMegascolecidae
  6. genusMegascolides
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Megascolides australis (pt), Megascolides australis (de), dżdżownica australijska (pl), Megascolides australis (fi), Megascolides australis (fr), Giun đất khổng lồ Gippsland (vi) … and 13 more languages
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