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- Megascolides is a genus of earthworms in the family Megascolecidae. There are about 40 species: Megascolides albus Lee, 1952 Megascolides attenuatus Spencer...
- The giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis), is one of Australia's 1,000 native earthworm species. These giant earthworms average 1 metre (3...
- 8 ft) in the 'giant' species such as the giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis) and the Mekong worm (Amynthas mekongi****). Terrestrial oligochaetes...
- Ennor, AH (1960). "The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (Megascolides cameroni)". The Biochemical Journal. 76 (3): 603–10. doi:10.1042/bj0760603...
- can weigh over 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). Only the giant Gippsland earthworm, Megascolides australis, and a few giant polychaetes, including the notorious Eunice...
- millimetre in diameter. Along with Amynthas mekongi**** (Cognetti, 1922) and Megascolides australis, Rhinodrilus fafner is among the largest known giant earthworms...
- Macnabodrilus Fender & McKey-Fender, 1990 Megascolex Templeton, 1844 Megascolides McCoy, 1878 Metapheretima Michaelsen, 1928 Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972...
- Retrieved 2010-04-27. Smith, Frank (1897). "Upon an undescribed species of Megascolides from the United States". The American Naturalist. 31 (363): 202–204....
- giant earthworm (Driloleirus macelfreshi) Giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis) Macroperipatus insularis Tasmanipatus anophthalmus Lists of...
- banana, silky pear or green vine, a plant species native to Australia Megascolides australis, the giant gippsland earthworm, an earthworm species native...