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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 <div class="gmail_quote"> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM, James Mahaffy <<a href="mailto:Mahaffy@dordt.edu">Mahaffy@dordt.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0621/p18s02-hfks.html" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0621/p18s02-hfks.html</a> 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. _______________________________________________ Annelida mailing list Post: <a href="mailto:Annelida@net.bio.net">Annelida@net.bio.net</a> Help/archive: <a href="http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida" target="_blank">http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida</a> Resources: <a href="http://www.annelida.net" target="_blank">http://www.annelida.net</a> </blockquote></div>

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