Species: Driloleirus americanus
Giant Palouse Earthworm
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Oligochaeta
Order
Haplotaxida
Family
Megascolecidae
Genus
Driloleirus
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Washington Giant Earthworm
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Worms, Leeches, and Other Annelids
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Annelida - Oligochaeta - Haplotaxida - Megascolecidae - Driloleirus - (IUCN, 1996).
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A large, white or pale earthworm
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G1
Global Status Last Reviewed
2006-02-06
Global Status Last Changed
2006-02-06
Other Status
VU - Vulnerable
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
D - 1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles) - D - Rare in the Palouse bunchgrass prairies of Washington and northern Idaho. No new collections (previous 1988) except one in Palouse, Washington in 2006. Washington NHP also notes four sites in Clarkston/Pullman/Moscow area.
Global Range Code
D
Global Range Description
1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles)