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Kōrero: Earthworms

Octochaetus multiporus

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Octochaetus multiporus

This large native worm lives down in the subsoil. It is found south of the Manawatū Gorge in the North Island, down the east coast of the South Island, and on Stewart Island.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Soil Bugs – An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates

Reference: P1010180

by Alastair Robertson and Maria Minor

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gregor Yeates, Earthworms – Earthworms and soils, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15506/octochaetus-multiporus (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gregor Yeates, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.