FWIW, Invertebrate zoology by Ruppert, Fox and Barnes (2004) lists giant
Australian earthworm *Megascolides australis* as the largest oligochaete at
around 3 meters.
Cheers,
Roman
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM, James Mahaffy <Mahaffy from dordt.edu> wrote:
> Folks,
>> I am lecturing on annelids in Zoology and I decided to check the size of
> the largest worms. A number of places on the internet give 22 feet as the
> size of a record for "The South African Giant Earthworm grows to be up to 22
> feet and is the largest earthworm known. The record-setting specimen was
> found beside a road in William's Town, South Africa, in 196&." This came
> from http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0621/p18s02-hfks.html but I saw the
> same length quoted on a lot of sites. That almost sounds to be too big to
> me but it sounds like it might have been specimen vouchered.
>> Is this right? I know the South Africa giant worm typically only 6 feet
> long.
>> Also are al the Lumbricus terrestris worm in North America european worms
> that displaced native earthworms?
>> Thanks.
>> bcc to my Zoology class.
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