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Glossoscolecidae
Sign in to saveThe Glossoscolecidae are a large family of earthworms (annelids) which has native representatives in South and Central America. The species Pontoscolex corethrurus has a circumtropical distribution.
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Vinony's link graph records 25 inbound references to Glossoscolecidae, and connects out to earthworm, South America and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Annelid families and Haplotaxida.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderHaplotaxida
- FamilyGlossoscolecidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Glossoscolecidae
- Collections
- MCZ, USNM, NHMUK, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Colombia, United States, Puerto Rico, Peru, Panama, Suriname, Paraguay
Wikidata facts
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- Glossoscolecidae
- taxon name
- Glossoscolecidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Glossoscolecidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected genera
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The Glossoscolecidae are a large family of earthworms (annelids) which has native representatives in South and Central America. The species Pontoscolex corethrurus has a circumtropical distribution.
They are found mostly in forest, but one species of earthworms lives primarily in coastal beach sand. The earthworms in this family can reach up to 2 m in length.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glossoscolecidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.