Earthworm

How Does Temperature Effect Earthworms? Introduction When one thinks of earthworms usually one thinks about slimy and nasty creatures that are only used for fishing. Wrong! If there were no worms on earth, farms and many plants could not be properly maintained. This paper will explain how important earthworms are to the earth and to our environment. In addition, this paper will cover the origin of an earthworm, the anatomy and other important characteristics. Origin The

When society thinks about crayfish and earthworms they become extremely curious about how their bodies operate because of how they are made up. I will give a brief synopsis of both animals before going into major detail about them. According to the online website named dictionary.com, it says that an earthworm is a burrowing annelid worm that lives in the soil. Earthworms play an important role in aerating and draining the soil and in burying organic matter (Dictionary). Crayfish are nocturnal freshwater

Methods Earthworm samples were collected from the moist soil at Wilcuts trail by Hess Creek within a 152 meter area. Due to the isolation of this environment, there were an abundant amount of undisturbed soil with many earthworms that could be collected as test subjects. Several holes were dug to be 1-3 cm deep with a shovel, the soil was hand sifted to find the earthworm subjects. More than 60 adult earthworm samples were collected within six 40 ounce plastic containers. Each earthworm was checked

General Appearance: Earthworms have a body that is shaped cylindrical and usually varies from 90 to 900 millimeters when they are full grown. The outside of the worm is divided into segements that is called primay segmentation. This means that the worm is divided by the longitudinal axis which is seperated by the septa and furrows. The Lumbricus species have an advantage when they are trying to tunnel and during locomotion by having retractile structures. Having these structures the species is able

Introduction The Common Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, is a terrestrial invertebrate found abundantly across the United States. Physically, it has a red-brown color, can measure in length up to fourteen inches, and can weigh up to .39oz. The body of the earthworm is made up of ring-like segments, annuli, and covered in small bristles, setae, that help the worm to move and burrow (National Geographic, 2017). The earthworm uses peristaltic waves as its form of locomotion (Kuroda et al, 2014). Within

The Scientific name of the Nightcrawler Earthworm is Lumbricus terrestris. The Kingdom of the Nightcrawler is Animalia and the phylum is annelida. The class, order, suborder, and family in that order is Oligochaeta, Haplotaxida, Lumbricina, and Lumbricidae. Lastly, the phylum and genus is Lumbricus terrestris, like the scientific name states. The origins of the Nightcrawler worm was originally thought to be Manitoba or North America but is actually said to be Europe. However, though it originates

In my comparative anatomy class I was able to distinguish the difference and the similarities between a earthworm, crayfish, and a chordate. The earthworm and the crayfish are both divided into parts. The earthworm is divided internally and externally into defined segments. These segments may also be divided as well. The crayfish is divided into two main parts. One of the parts that they are divided into is called the cephalothorax which consists of the head region and the thoracic region. The second

Utilization of Biodegradable Kitchen Wastes into Organic Fertilizer Using Earthworms * Abstract One of the effective means to at least lessen the occurrence of our present garbage disposal problem is through the use of methods that are non-toxic, less expensive, less-harmful, and yet equally effective. This project aims to provide for a natural and effective way of disposing garbage. During the experiment, kitchen wastes were collected. The materials were shredded and placed in garbage bags

1000 mg/Kg (Aghababaei et al., 2014a; Zhou et al., 2016). Result in this study (table1) has shown that more than 93% and 86% of E. fetida and A. caliginosa respectively survived whatever Cd concentration amount spiking in the treatment. However earthworms’ weights were affected by Cd concentration. (Maboeta et al., 2004; Spurgeon and Hopkin, 1996) have reported that as toxically

blueprint for countless other species. Earthworms are found in the phylum Annelida. () They can vary in size. Their bodies are segmented which allows them to compartmentalize. The number of segments the species is born with will stay the same throughout their life. Normally, the number of segments found is similar within specimens. Remarkably, earthworms have the ability to regenerate lost segments. () They play a key role in regenerating and displacing soil. Earthworm activities changes both physical