[Annelida] Palouse earthworm hunt

[Geoff Read]

FYI

Press story. Searchers shovel northwest dirt seeking giant worm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090711/ap_on_sc/us_giant_palouse_earthworm 

Documented collections of the species, known locally as GPE, have occurred only in 1978, 1988, 1990 and 2005.

http://www.palouseprairie.org/invertebrates/palouseworm.html 



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