Driloleirus americanus

– Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

ANNELIDA

Class:

OLIGOCHAETA

Order:

HAPLOTAXIDA

Family:

MEGASCOLECIDAE

Scientific Name:

Driloleirus americanus

Species Authority:

Smith, 1897

Common Name/s:

English

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GIANT PALOUSE EARTHWORM, WASHINGTON GIANT 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	-	Endangered as Megascolides americanus (Wells et al. 1983)
1986	-	Endangered as Megascolides americanus (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Endangered as Megascolides americanus (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Endangered as Megascolides americanus (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Countries:

Native:

United States (Idaho, Washington)

System:

Terrestrial

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Driloleirus americanus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 August 2008.
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