''Megascolides'' is a genus of earthworms in the family
Megascolecidae
The Megascolecidae is a taxonomic family of earthworms which is native to Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand and both South East Asia and North America. All species of Megascolecidae belong to the Clitellata class. Megascolecidae are a large fam ...
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Species
There are about 40 species:[
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References
Further reading
Giant Gippsland earthworm
at the Museum Victoria
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* Rossiter, RJ; Gaffney, TJ; Rosenberg, H; Ennor, AH (1960)
"The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (''Megascolides cameroni'')"
''The Biochemical Journal''. 76 (3): 603–10. . . .
Megascolecidae
Annelid genera
Taxa named by Frederick McCoy
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