Question : What characteristics are used to identify the earthworms?

1.	Question : What characteristics are used to identify the earthworms?
Answer» Solution :In gardens, earthworms can be traced by their FECAL deposits known as worm castings on the soil surface. The earthworms can be identified using the following characteristics: • Long and cylindrical NARROW body, • Bilateral symmetry • It is light brown in colour with purple tinge at the anterior END. • The division of body into MANY segments or metameres, • The dorsal surface of the body is marked by a dark mid dorsal line n gardens, earthworms can be traced by their fecal deposits known as worm castings on the soil surface. The earthworms can be identified using the following characteristics: • Long and cylindrical narrow body, • Bilateral symmetry • It is light brown in colour with purple tinge at the anterior end. • The division of body into many segments or metameres, • The dorsal surface of the body is marked by a dark mid dorsal line 14-17 may be found swollen with a GLANDULAR thicnkening of the skin called the clitellum.

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