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What characteristics are used to identify the earthworms?

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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.
  • In mature worms, segments 14-17 may be found swollen with a glandular thickening of the skin called the clitellum.


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