Conserved and protected worms
Rob
robblakemore at bigpond.com
Wed Apr 19 21:43:23 EST 2000
In Australia, the Gippsland Giant Earthworm, Megascolides australis M'Coy,
has been listed as 'vulnerable' so has a conservation strategy, see:
http://www.dce.vic.gov.au/plntanml/NATIVE/threaten/worm.htm
In Tasmania, the Lake Pedder Earthworm is listed as endangered and
probably extinct due to hydro-electric impoundment of Lake Pedder (I
made an extensive survey of the Lake in 1996 and failed to re-discover this
species). I believe there are also some 'endangered' earthworms in North
America.
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