Hermaphroditic animals can self-fertilize, except earthworms. Why? And is this an advantageous or disadvantageous trait to the earthworms?

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Hermaphroditic animals can self-fertilize, except earthworms. Why? And is this an advantageous or disadvantageous trait to the earthworms? 

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