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Glossoscolecidae
Sign in to saveThe Glossoscolecidae are a large family of earthworms (annelids) which has native representatives in South and Central America. The species Pontoscolex corethrurus has a circumtropical distribution.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderHaplotaxida
- FamilyGlossoscolecidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Glossoscolecidae
- Collections
- MCZ, USNM, NHMUK, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Colombia, United States, Puerto Rico, Peru, Panama, Suriname, Paraguay
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- Glossoscolecidae
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- Glossoscolecidae
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- Category:Glossoscolecidae
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The Glossoscolecidae are a large family of earthworms (annelids) which has native representatives in South and Central America. The species Pontoscolex corethrurus has a circumtropical distribution.
They are found mostly in forest, but one species of earthworms lives primarily in coastal beach sand. The earthworms in this family can reach up to 2 m in length.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glossoscolecidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.