Giant Gippsland earthworm

Giant Gippsland earthworm
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Lumbricina
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Megascolides
Species:
M. australis
Binomial name
Megascolides australis
McCoy, 1878

The giant Gippsland earthworm (Megascolides australis), is one of Australia's 1,000 native earthworm species.

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