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