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Pheretima praepinguis
Species of annelid worm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pheretima praepinguis is a huge earthworm about half meter long of genus Pheretima.[2] Pheretima praepinguis lives in Emei mountain, Sichuan Province, China, and is one of the most featured organisms living in the place.[1] It is trivially called "Big Earthworm of Emei"(Chinese: 峨嵋大蚯蚓) or "Toudilong" (Chinese: 透地龍, literally means "dragon which can go through the earth").[3]
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Pheretima praepinguis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Opisthopora |
Family: | Megascolecidae |
Genus: | Pheretima |
Species: | P. praepinguis |
Binomial name | |
Pheretima praepinguis Gates, 1935[1] | |
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