Megascolides australis

– Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

ANNELIDA

Class:

OLIGOCHAETA

Order:

HAPLOTAXIDA

Family:

MEGASCOLECIDAE

Scientific Name:

Megascolides australis

Species Authority:

McCoy, 1878

Common Name/s:

English

—

GIANT GIPPSLAND EARTHWORM

Red List Category & Criteria:

VU D2 ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

History:

1983	-	Vulnerable (Wells et al. 1983)
1986	-	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Countries:

Native:

Australia

System:

Terrestrial

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Megascolides australis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 September 2008.
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