Megascolides australis - Giant Gippsland Earthworm

IUCN Status: Vulnerable
IUCN Species Profile
Threatened Species - Giant Gippsland Earthworm: The Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis) is a sub-soil species and has been able to survive in pockets of land less severely disturbed by ...
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenpa.nsf/FID/-54212CF16AA7927F4A2567FC000A0EC4?OpenDocument

Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis. No.77: Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis. No.77. Action Statement No 77. ... McCoy, F. (1878). Megascolides australis. The giant earthworm. ...
http://www.cana.net.au/bush/aus_animals.htm

Climate Action Network Australia : Australian animals: ...large areas of habitat because of land clearing or other uses (like the Bilby Macrotus lagotis and Giant Gippsland earthworm Megascolides australis) are at ...
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTJ0000229

Annelida: The largest earthworms (Megascolides australis) are more than 2 m long, and the Eunice gigantea, a Polychaete, is almost 3 m long. Neither is found in Canada. ...
http://www3.visitvictoria.com.au/displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.000C3154-02A8-1A51-8CB380C476A90000/vvt.vhtml

Mount Worth State Park: The giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis) inhabits certain areas of the park but is never seen as it spends its entire life underground. ...
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/annelida.html

The Annelids (Phylum Annelida): ...americanus WASHINGTON GIANT EARTHWORM 2 Driloleirus macelfreshi OREGON GIANT EARTHWORM 3 Komarekiona eatoni EARTHWORM 4 Megascolides australis GIANT GIPPSLAND ...
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/oligochaeta.html

Earthworms (The Oligochaeta): It is most well know because of its larger Australian members such as Megascolides australis which may reach up to 3 metres in length. ...
http://www.geocities.com/nodotus/hbreview12.html

The Glory of the Human Voice: Take, for example, the recent recording of Yo-Yo Ma playing in antiphonal response to the subterranean gurgles of the giant earthworm Megascolides australis. ...
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AAWEBPAGES\BUGWEB\beneficial2: ...species include Lumbricus terrestris and Allobophora foetida, widely distributed in temperate and tropical lands; Megascolides australis, inhabiting Australia ...
http://www.palouseprairie.org/invertebrates/palouseworm.html

Giant Palouse Earthworm (Driloleirus americanus): ...near Pullman in 1897, he named it Megascolides americanus, thinking that it was closely related to Australia's fifteen-foot worms (Megascolides australis). ...
http://www.minhobox.com.br/respostas/resposta%20casulos.htm

Portal da Minhoca: ...- ... De um casulo da gigante australiana (Megascolides australis), por exemplo, nasce somente um filhote e das espécies comerciais vermelha da califórnia (Eisenia ...
http://www.hoernchen-nrw.de/

Australien mit Hörnchen: ...- ... Oder wer von euch wusste das es in Victoria den mit bis zu 2 Metern größten Regenwurm der Welt gibt? Der Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis . ...
http://www.eoob.se/djur/djur-australien.html

Djur australien hos Eoob Sverige: I Australien lever en daggmask (Megascolides australis) som blir mer än ... http://w1.223.telia.com/~u22303660/djur.... 9. australien Australien. ...
http://www.aqua-terra-net.de/Schule/lehrer/prakV/v04.htm

V 04: ...- ... Pheretima). Tropische R. können sehr groß werden, die größte Art, Megascolides australis, wird bis 3 m lang. Fortpflanzung als ...
http://members.dcsi.net.au/kimjulie/rareff.html

Rare flora and fauna in the Strzeleckis: Tiger Quoll Ninox Strenua .....Powerful owl Tyto tenebricosa .....Sooty owl Megascolides australis .....Giant Gippsland Earth worm ...
http://www.rain.org/~sals/worms.html

The Earthworms as Fertilizer Factory: ...widely represented is Lumbricidaewith over 160 species(2-30cm[1-12in.],and the giant(up to 3 meters[10ft.]long )Australian Megascolecidae(Megascolides Australis ...
http://www-x.nzz.ch/folio/archiv/2003/10/articles/tiere.html

NZZ Folio: Tiere: ...- ... Regenwurm. Weltweit gibt es über 3000 Arten; mit Megascolides australis lebt im australischen Busch sogar ein drei Meter langes Monster. ...
http://parks.camping.com.au/vic/vic_east_mountworth.htm

Australia Parks - National - Tourist - Caravan - Camping ...: The Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis) inhabits certain areas of the Park but is never seen as it spends its entire life underground. ...
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/non-marine-invertebrates/appendix-1.html

A Review of the Conservation Status of Selected Australian Non ...: Annelida, Diporochaeta pedderensis, Lake Pedder Earthworm, Tas, Endangered. Megascolides australis, Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Commwth, Vic, Vulnerable, Threatened. ...
http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/non-marine-invertebrates/appendix-2.html

A Review of the Conservation Status of Selected Australian Non ...: Criteria. Annelida. Oligochaeta, Haplotaxida, Megascolecidae, Megascolides australis, Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Vulnerable, D2. Arthropoda. ...
http://www.johnbage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/The%20Australian_connection%20-%20Anna%20Frederika%20Bage.htm

The Australian Connection: The Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis McCoy) is one of the largest earthworms in the world, with an estimated average length of 80 cm and a ...
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0409_full.html

Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southeast Australia temperate forests ...: This ecoregion is also know for its giant Gippsland earthworms (Megascolides australis), which are restricted to the Bass River Valley region in Victoria. ...
http://tolweb.org/accessory/Characteristics_of_Annelida?acc_id=57

Characteristics of Annelida: ...contracted condition. Some earthworms, such as the Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis), can reach 1 m in length. The ...
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/1999/archives/25/conservation_&_the_environment/worms

Burke's Backyard Archives 1999 - Worms: ...in the world. The Giant Earthworm of Gippsland ( Megascolides australis ) grows to about 4 metres (13') long. The Squirter earthworm ...
http://www.akwarium.pl/index-na.php?name=29

.: Nasze Akwarium - magazyn miłośnikow i hodowców ryb :.: Polubić "robaki" - Marzenna Kielan Megascolides australis zamieszkuje Australię. Dorasta do 2,5 m długości. Z daleka wygląda jak duży wąż. ...
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Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world: Bowerbirds; Sexual selection in animals; Courtship; Mate selection;. Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis. The Giant ...
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Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world: Island ecology; Dwarfism; Island animals; Copsychus; Endangered species; Rare birds;. Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis. ...
http://fusionanomaly.net/australia.html

fUSION Anomaly. Australia: ...of Australia. A species of earthworm, "Megascolides australis,"" in Australia can grow up to fifteen feet in length. the world's ...
http://groups.msn.com/jellybeanquotes/uselessfacts.msnw

Jellybean*Quotes: Squirrles cannot carry rabies. A species of worm in Austraila, the 'Megascolides australis' can grow up to fifteen feel in length. ...
http://www.umweltforscher.de/foej/lpv-zfsb/regenwurm/Seite4.htm

Verwandte: ...- ... und befördert die Nahrung in seinen Darm. Er hat Kiemen. Megascolides australis: Dieser Wurm ist bis zu 2m lang und 3cm dick. Er ...
http://www.umweltforscher.de/foej/lpv-zfsb/regenwurm/Index.htm

Regenwurm homepage: ...- ... Es gibt Arten, die gerade noch mit dem bloßen. Auge sichtbar sind, bis hin zum 2m langen Wurm, den Megascolides australis, einer in Australien. ...
http://members.fortunecity.com/cremebrulee1/djvu/djvu25.html

Celestial Buffet: Seen: US government is leaning toward another (far less intriguing) interpretation of events: click here I found the stuff about Megascolides australis, the giant ...
http://www.nrm.se/ev/dok/djurtal.html.en

Invertebrates in numbers: ...body 6,6 m long, 18 m incl. arms. Polychaetes: Eunice gigantea. >3 m long. Oligochaetes: Megascolides australis. 3 m long. Leeches: Haementeria ghilianii. 30 cm long. ...
http://www.nrm.se/ev/dok/djurtal.html.se

Djur i tal: Havsborstmaskar: Eunice gigantea. >3 m lång. Fåborstmaskar: Megascolides australis. 3 m lång. Iglar: Haementeria ghilianii. 30 cm lång. ...
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/w/x/wxm15/Online/Zoology%20Unit/Annelida/annelida_lec00.htm

annelida_lec00: Giant earthworm (Megascolides australis) of Australia and African giant earthworm (Microchaetus rappi) can have an average length of over 3 meters; common ...
http://www.esf.org.au/threatndwild-amphibians.html

Earth Sanctuaries Foundation: Lasionectes exleyi, A cave-dwelling remipede crustacean. Megascolides australis, Giant Gippsland Earthworm. Paralucia spinifera, Bathurst Copper Butterfly. ...
http://www.effner.de/boden/Regenwurm/verwandte_des_regenwurms.htm

Verwandte des Regenwurms: ...- ... Nach 5 Sekunden zieht er seinen Rüssel ein und befördert die Nahrung in seinen Darm. Er hat Kiemen. Megascolides australis. Ist bis zu 2m lang und 3cm dick. ...
http://www.maariv.co.il/fix/ART/571/678.html

Maariv: ...בדרו×?-מזרח היבשת מצויה התולעת ×”×?רוכה בעול×?, ב×?ורך 3.56 מטרי×? ובקוטר של 1.9 ס''מ (MEGASCOLIDES AUSTRALIS ...
http://www.michaelmarrak.de/imagon/leseprobe4.htm

IMAGON - Leseprobe 4: ...- ... Noch nie hatte ich davon gehört, dass einst riesige Würmer auf der Erde lebten. Der megascolides australis ist wohl die gegenwärtige Ausnahme. ...
http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/records.htm

Amazing Australia - Everything you need to know about Australia: World's longest earth worm. In Gippsland, Victoria, the earthworm Megascolides australis is found that measures up to four metres in length. ...
http://visindavefur.hi.is/svar.asp?id=161

Hver er stærsti ánamaðkur sem hefur fundist?: Lengst af hefur verið álitið að stærsta tegundin væri Megascolides australis sem á heima í skóglendi nálægt Melbourne í �stralíu. ...
http://www.speciesaccounts.org/Annelida.htm

Annelida: Magelona pettiboneae. Magelona polydentata. Megalomma heterops. Megascolides australis (giant earthworm). Melinna maculata. Odontosyllis fulgurans. ...
http://www.insightmag.com/news/2000/10/16/Books/Gday-World-213337.shtml

G'Day, World - Insight on the News - Books: ...ant, "a living relic from a time when ants were evolving from wasps," thought to have been extinct for 100 million years; Megascolides australis, the world's ...
http://www.blogigo.de/pisa/20040307

PISA | Regenwürmer: ...- ... Dazu gehören zum Beispiel tropische und subtropische Arten wie der australische Riesenregenwurm (Megascolides australis), der bis zu drei Meter Länge ...
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/field-t.html

Annelid Resources Virtual Field Trips around the internet: Bernard Lebreton. The giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis lives in the Bass River Valley, Victoria Australia. A page ...
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/alpd/swmp/worms/wormworm.htm

MoDNR Worms Worms Worms: What is the littlest worm? Some say the largest worm is the Megascolides australis, a six-foot, 12-pound burrowing worm from Australia. ...
http://www.nla.gov.au/abn/committees/scres952.html

ABN Standards Committee Resolutions 1995: Subd Geog) 1043 Lygon (Computer program language) LC/ABN Conflicts 932 Giant Gippsland earthworm (ABN) - Rescind in favour of Megascolides australis (LC) with ...
http://www.nla.gov.au/users/96ap6.html

WORLD 1 / ABN Annual Users' Meeting - 1996: 932 Giant Gippsland earthworm (ABN) - Rescind in favour of Megascolides australis (LC) with an extra UF on ABN for Giant Gippsland earthworm 893 Community ...
http://sv2.humeco.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~minato/ptlecture/ecology_p09.html

生態学第9回: ...1種(Megascolides australis)�比�る����������。 �イエナ���ゲコウ(�ゲタカ)���,���� ...
http://benton-franklin.wsu.edu/garden/CWLESSONPLAN.htm

Worms: ...of earthworms. The giant Australian earthworm, Megascolides australis, can grow to ten feet long and one inch in diameter. Think ...
http://www.amusingfacts.com/archives/jan2800.txt

Useless Facts Daily January 28, 2000 ...: He walked around his gardens admiring the view. 3. The longest species of earthworm is the Megascolides australis, found in Australia in 1868. ...
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/037.html

Science and the making of Victoria, Royal Society of Victoria 1854 ...: To Professor Baldwin Spencer was given the honour of filling the first volume with his monumental work on Megascolides australis, the giant earthworm of ...
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2001/bdnow/msg01869.html

Re: Earthworm diaspora: Australia lays claim to the world's largest earthworm, the Gippsland Giant Earthworm, or GGE for short, Megascolides australis, which can exceed 2 meters in ...
http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/2001/bdnow/msg01874.html

Re: Earthworm diaspora: ...>Australia lays claim to the world's largest earthworm, the Gippsland Giant >Earthworm, or GGE for short, Megascolides australis, which can exceed 2 >meters ...
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/research/Gis/Jimp/pubs/to1990.html

Referred Papers - 1981 - 1990: 16: 359-371. with BJ Smith, Studies of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis McCoy 1878. Victorian Naturalist, 99: 164-172. ...
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/research/honsthesis.html

Honours Thesis List - Arts - Monash University: ...particle size characteristics of the soil as a restricting factor to the distributional range of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides Australis Monson, R ...
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Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5: The Australian great Gippsland gurgling earthworm ~ Megascolides australis ~ makes sucking, gurgling noises as it digs. Bucket of Worms. ...
http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/pnh/step3.html

Protecting Natural Heritage: Step 3 - Determine the Natural ...: Loveday Reserve, a National Trust property in the South Australian mallee. Giant earthworm (Megascolides australis) habitat, near Poowong, Victoria. ...
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1571/38_16/66241135/p1/article.jhtml

Insight on the News: G'Day, World.(Review) (book review): ...ant, "a living relic from a time when ants were evolving from wasps" thought to have been extinct for 100 million years; Megascolides australis, the world's ...
http://kmlz.free.fr/out.php?url=3

:: e}{ocet | encylopédie: ...- ... Une goutte de pluie tombe en moyenne a 10 km/h. • Le "megascolides australis", un ver de terre australien, peut mesurer plus de 3 metres. ...
http://www.souvenirsaustralia.com/webcontent16.htm

SouvenirsAustralia.com - Australian Souvenirs & Products including ...: The scientific name of the worm is Megascolides australis and nobody has any idea how it happened to evolve in just this one small area. ...
http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/0038b6.html

WIEM: Skąposzczety: 210. Jednym z największych skąposzczetów jest dżdżownica australijska (Megascolides australis) żyjąca w Australii, osiągająca 2,5 m długości ciała. ...
http://www.iag.org.au/93thesis.htm

Australian Theses in Geography and Related Fields: 1993: ...size characteristics of the soil as a restricting factor to the distributional range of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides Australis, Monash University ...
http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/smith.html

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Zoologybiogs: 1, pp. 97–109. Smith, BJ & Peterson, JA 1982, 'Studies of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878', Vict. Nat., vol. 99, pp. ...
http://klub.chip.pl/akwaria/akk/artykuly/robale.html

Akwarystyczna Ksiazka Kucharska: ...barciak większy. Megascolides australis zamieszkuje Australię. Dorasta do 2,5 m długości. Z daleka wygląda jak duży wąż. Wbrew ...
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/dinesil/jur/19971108-a_minhoca_essa_injusticada.html

Dinemayer HP .:. João Ubaldo Ribeiro .:. 08/11/1997 .:. A minhoca ...: ...- ... Em tamanho, apesar das queixas, chega a 3 metros de comprimento e um diâmetro de quase 3 centímetros, na orgulhosa espécie australiana Megascolides australis ...
http://www.naturdetektive.de/2002/dyn/1296.htm

Naturdetektive 2002 - Regenwurm: ...- ... Es gibt Arten, die gerade noch mit dem bloßen Auge sichtbar sind, bis hin zum 2m langen Wurm, den Megascolides australis, einer in Australien vorkommende ...
http://www.regenwurm.de/heyer/heyer.html

Der Regenwurm - Dein Freund und Helfer: ...- ... Der Regenwurm existiert in hunderten von verschiedenen Formen, vom kleinen, kaum sichtbaren Wurm bis hin zum gigantischen "megascolides australis", der nur in ...
http://www.fulssi.or.kr/book/7/f12.htm

지��는 우리�게 무엇�가: ...� 종류� 지��로는 오스트레�리아 지��� 불리우는 메가스콜리� 오스트�리스(Megascolides Australis)가 �경 20mm� ...
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Gippsland search engine uk. Results:: 6. Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis Back to whats new page. Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis The ...
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April 2002: Jenis yang berasal dari Australia, cacing tanah besar (Megascolides Australis), dapat mencapai panjang 12 kaki (3,7 meter), dan terkenal akan tarikan ...
http://cnum.cnam.fr/ILL/4KY28.32.html

Table des illustrations: ...- ... - Une salle d'armes à Lyon. 313, Le ver de terre gigantesque d'Australie (Megascolides australis). 314, 1 / Microscopes de Monconys. ...
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103 vocab 1: ...ligule neuropodium setae prostomium prostomium palps eyes antennae paragnaths peristomium cirri OLIGOCHAETA Megascolides australis tubificids enchytraeids ...
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Phys. Rev. -- Weber and Vinogradov 81 (2): 569: ...demonstrated in the extracellular Hbs of the polychaetes Arenicola marina (333), Neoamphitrite figulus (654), the oligochaete Megascolides australis (634) and ...
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenpa.nsf/FID/-294DD043B2C00B6B4A25684E00107158?OpenDocument

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act: Action Statement Index by Number: No. 76, Smooth Darling Pea, Swainsona galegifolia. No. 77, Giant Gippsland Earthworm, Megascolides australis. No. 78, Bush Stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius. No. ...
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Search the Internet for Gippsland UK. searchtheinternet.co.uk: Scenic Naroomba ... http://www.uk-p.org/Travel/Australia/index.html. 7. Giant Gippsland Earthworm Megascolides australis Back to whats new page. ...
http://www.scumpa.com/pipermail/cool/1998-June/001001.html

Cool List Digest Wed Jun 17 03:00:05 EDT 1998: An Australian species, the great Gippsland gurgling earthworm (Megascolides australis), can get as long as 12 feet (3.7 meters), and is known for the sucking ...
http://www.axinya.de/all/In_a_Sunburned_Country/buch-6/detail-uvp-0767903862.html

Axinya.de - In a Sunburned Country - English Books -: Giant Earthworms? Who better than Bill Bryson to introduce us to Megascolides australis, the giant 12 foot long Australian earthworms? ...
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1. �물� 분류: ...� 종류� 지��로는 오스트레�리아 지��� 불리우는 메가스콜리� 오스트�디스(Megascolides Australis)가 �경 20mm � ...
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giant earthworm / Рубрикон ...: ...giant earthworm [] гигантÑ?кий землÑ?ной червь (Megascolides australis; доÑ?тигает 3,6 м длины и 25 мм в диаметре ...
http://www.nrwmg.vic.gov.au/wastewise/compost/worms/content/content.html

Northern Regional Waste Management Group: Australia. Many have heard of the giant Earthworms of Gippsland (Megascolides australis) which may exceed an unbelievable 3m in length! ...
http://ajpregu.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/276/2/R347

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