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Typical Earthworms
Typical Earthworms
Crassiclitellata
Animalia
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
4-8 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Decomposer
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate soil
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Burrowing
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Burrowing
Status
Common

About

This order contains the familiar earthworms that till garden soil worldwide, including the common nightcrawler. A single worm can swallow and recycle its own body weight in soil every day, turning it into nutrient-rich castings.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    cocoon
    A small lemon-shaped cocoon secreted by the clitellum shelters one or more developing worms in the soil until they hatch.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A young worm hatches already resembling the adult but thinner and paler, without the swollen clitellum band.
  3. 3.
    adult
    Fully grown, with a distinct saddle-like clitellum band near the head.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata