Giant earthworm
The Giant earthworm is a name often given to a variety of large invertebrates in the class Clitellata, many being from the family Megascolecidae. It may refer to:
Australia and New Zealand
- Giant Gippsland earthworm, up to 3 m in length
- Spenceriella gigantea, up to 1.4 m in length
- Lake Pedder earthworm, extinct
North America
- Giant Palouse earthworm, up to 1 m in length
- Oregon giant earthworm, up to 0.9 m in length
South America
- Rhinodrilus fafner, extinct
Europe
- Lumbricus badensis, up to 0.6 m in length
Africa
- Microchaetus rappi up to 6.7 m in length
Southeast Asia
- Amynthas mekongianus, the Mekong worm, up to 2.9 m (10 ft) in length
- Kinabalu giant earthworm, up to 0.7 m in length
Cryptozoology
- Indus worm, Pakistan
- Lambton Worm, North East England
- Minhocão, Brazil
- Mongolian death worm, Gobi Desert
- Tatzelwurm, European Alps, a hoax
See also
- Archispirostreptus gigas, a giant millipede
- Caecilian, a worm-like amphibian
- Giant tube worm
- Lineus longissimus or bootlace worm, up to 55 metres long
- Marine worm
- Sheltopusik, a glass lizard with worm-like appearance
- Sphaerotheriida, the giant pill millipede
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