Megascolides australis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ANNELIDA OLIGOCHAETA HAPLOTAXIDA MEGASCOLECIDAE

Scientific Name: Megascolides australis
Species Authority McCoy, 1878
Common Name/s:
English – Giant Gippsland Earthworm

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   D2   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s World Conservation Monitoring Centre
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1983 – Vulnerable (Wells et al. 1983)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Australia

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Megascolides australis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 November 2008.
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