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Megascolecidae

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Megascolecidae

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Megascolecidae is a family of earthworms native to Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and North America. At up to 2 meters in length, their large size distinguishes the Megascolecidae from other earthworm families. They are an essential part of maintaining soil structure, minor carbon sequestration, and maintaining terrestrial ecosystems.

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Vinony's link graph records 63 inbound references to Megascolecidae, and connects out to Indonesia, New Zealand and Malaysia.

It is catalogued under topics including Annelid families, Haplotaxida and Megascolecidae.

Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

earthworms

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumAnnelida
  3. ClassClitellata
  4. OrderCrassiclitellata
  5. FamilyMegascolecidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded28,996

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,078
Family
Megascolecidae
Collections
CAS, UF, AM, USNM, QM, NMV
Recorded in
China, Myanmar, South Africa, Burma, Australia, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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Commons category
Megascolecidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Megascolecidae
topic's main category
Category:Megascolecidae
different from
Mongolian death worm
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Physiological features
  • Reproductive system
  • Lifecycle
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Ecology
  • Genera
  • References
  • External links

Megascolecidae is a family of earthworms native to Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and North America. At up to 2 meters in length, their large size distinguishes the Megascolecidae from other earthworm families. They are an essential part of maintaining soil structure, minor carbon sequestration, and maintaining terrestrial ecosystems.

== Physiological features == Different species of the Megascolecidae have different physiological features, but some similarities of physiological features can be found between species. The family contains relatively large individuals. The length of earthworms can vary from to . The number of spermathecal pores is normally paired, but multiples can be present in some species. The location of spermathecal pores and how they are positioned in different segmental locations is used in the identification of different megascolecidids.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Megascolecidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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