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2. Earthworm - Wikipedia

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   An earthworm is a soil -dwelling terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. The term is the common name for the largest members of the class (or subclass, depending on the author) Oligochaeta. In classical systems, they were in the order of Opisthopora since the male pores opened posterior to the female pores, although the ...

3. Urechis unicinctus - Wikipedia

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   Urechis unicinctus. von Drasche, 1881 [ 1][ 2] Urechis unicinctus, known as the fat innkeeper worm or penis fish, [ 3][ 4] is a species of marine spoon worm in East Asia. It is also known as garloid colloquially. It is found in Bohai Gulf of China and off the Korean and Hokkaido coasts. [ 4] It is not to be confused with a closely related ...

4. Giant Gippsland earthworm - Wikipedia

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   Ecology. They live in the subsoil of blue, grey or red clay soils along stream banks and some south- or west-facing hills of their remaining habitat which is in Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. These worms live in deep burrow systems and require water in their environment to respire. [ 2] They have relatively long life spans for invertebrates ...

5. Haemonchus contortus - Wikipedia

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   Haemonchus placei Place, 1893[ 1] (closely related species) Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber's pole worm, is a very common parasite and one of the most pathogenic nematodes of ruminants. Adult worms attach to abomasal mucosa and feed on the blood. This parasite is responsible for anemia, oedema, and death of infected sheep and ...

6. Parasitic worm - Wikipedia

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   Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, [ 1] are large macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye. Many are intestinal worms that are soil-transmitted and infect the gastrointestinal tract. Other parasitic worms such as schistosomes reside in blood vessels. Some parasitic worms, including leeches and monogeneans, are ...

7. Amynthas agrestis - Wikipedia

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   Amynthas agrestis, the Asian jumping worm,[ note 1] is a species of worm in the family Megascolecidae. [ 1] It has a smooth, glossy, grey or brown body with a milky-white clitellum, [ 2] and can range from 1.5 to 8 in (3.8 to 20.3 cm) in length. [ 2] Amynthas agrestis is native to Japan and the Korean Peninsula, and was introduced to North ...