Talk:Microchaetus rappi

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I've noticed that the two sources provided for this species are irrelevant and do not include any details about it, nor even mention it. They seem very unreliable, and I question whether this species even exists. All the image results that showed up when I searched its scientific name on Google images showed the giant Gippsland earthworm of Australia.

I think we may have a hoax on our hands. I recommend the deletion of this page if reliable sources cannot be found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RomeoBatGuy (talk • contribs) 07:26, 25 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Huh. You might be right.  But look here.  I Google scholared "Microchaetus rappi" in quotes and found the term mentioned in twelve different scholarly sources.
 * But still, even if it's not a hoax, something is wrong because the next taxon superior to this one we have is the order Haplotaxida, and it doesn't mention any such family within the order.
 * Let's link this to a Wikiproject that would be most interested.
 * But which one would be most appropriate? I don't think it's WikiProjectAnimals.  We should choose something more specific or maybe start a thread with WP:TREEOFLIFE better yet.
 * What's your opinion? Chrisrus (talk) 22:25, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

It's definitely not a hoax. 22 foot specimens have been confirmed and it is mentioned in the Guiness book of world records.  John Alan Elson  ★  WF6I A.P.O.I. 02:49, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

I agree that it's likely not a hoax, but as of now, one of the two references links to a dead page and the other links to what seems to be the Worm Digest home page. Using the taxon identifiers I tracked down the following two links, but I don't know if either of them really provide enough detail to be used as sources. It should be noted that the first link seems to list the original scholarly article that named and described the species in 1885 or 86. http://earthworm.uw.hu/index.php?page=0&genus=Microchaetus&sort=SPECIES&desc=0 http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/255 Astrocom (talk) 15:33, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Showing up in a taxonomic list doesn't prove it's not a hoax. The species was likely described at one point but the numbers might be completely fudged. Anyone can grab a niche species name from a literature review and just make up sizes and weight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:3005:1400:1600:65B9:F785:E7BD:3BD0 (talk) 06:31, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

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