Spenceriella gigantea
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| Spenceriella gigantea (Benham, 1906) |
Spenceriella gigantea, or the North Auckland worm, is a rare giant annelid worm of the family Megascolecidae, endemic to New Zealand.
The North Auckland worm is New Zealand's largest and most spectacular, reaching 1.4 m in length, and 11 mm in diameter. Its burrows are up to 20 mm in diameter, and reach a depth of 3.5 m.[1]
The type locality is on Little Barrier Island on a plateau 200 metres above sea level in forest subsoil.[1]
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- Royal Society of New Zealand - Studies on the Earthworm Fauna of New Zealand. III
- TerraNature
