Earthworm

Canadian Encyclopedia;    R.O. BRINKHURST;   421 words ......BRINKHURST Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Earthworm Author: R.O. BRINKHURST Earthworm , is a segmented worm of phylum ANNELIDA , class Oligochaeta. The class comprises some 14 families, including Lumbricidae, to which the common earthworm...

annelid

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      58 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 an|ne|lid (an' lid) n. any of a phylum (Annelida) of roundish, wormlike animals having long, segmented bodies, a brain and ventral nerve cord, and a closed circulatory system...

Biology: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Invertebrates

The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference;      787 words ......are Arthropoda and Mollusca. Some of the more well-known invertebrate phyla are discussed below (in alphabetical order). Phylum: Annelida Annelids, or segmented worms, include earthworms, leeches, and marine worms. These worms have soft bodies, are symmetrical...

Scaling up for commercial vermiculture

BioCycle;  February 1, 1996 ;   Riggle, David;   787 words ......ORGANIC gardeners and avid anglers traditionally have touted the benefits of red wigglers, earthworms and other members of the phylum Annelida. They still do, but the word is spreading. These days, Vermis - the Latin word for "worm" - is an increasingly common part...

Getting a head in the world

Natural History;  October 1, 2002 ;   Bely, Alexandra; Wray, Gregory;   787 words ......home with you, tucked away under your fingernail. The bizarre worms we study are called naidids. They are members of the phylum Annelida, the group that includes segmented worms such as leeches, tube worms, and the familiar earthworm. Although naidids are widespread...

Flabelligerida from the Francis Creek shale of Illinois

Journal of Paleontology;  July 1, 2002 ;   Hay, Andrew A;   787 words ......flabelligerid annelid fossils are part of the Essex fauna, the marine phase of the Mazon Creek biota. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY Phylum ANNELIDA Lamarck, 1809 Class POLYCHAETA Grube, 1850 Order FLABELLIGERIDA Dales, 1963 Family FLABELLIGERIDAE Saint-Joseph, 1894 Body...

Off to the (earthworm) races: A quick & flexible lab experiment for...

The American Biology Teacher;  October 1, 2001 ;   Switzer, Paul V; Fritz, Ann H;   787 words ......animal that is easy to obtain, easy to manipulate, and with which students are familiar: earthworms (Class Oligochaeta; Phylum Annelida). Earthworms are a tractable species and are often subjects of laboratory experiments (e.g. Vogel & Wainwright 1969...

Don't Count On It

The Washington Post;  November 1, 1992 ;   John Sladek;   787 words ......stories. The puns and jocular names are relentless. He introduces Henry Worm and his family, including Anne-Lida (remember the phylum annelida?) and baby Wermentrude. Then we meet the Knights of the Flat Torus, including Sir Laughalot, and so on. Either you like...

RESEARCHER TURNS UP INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LITTLE-STUDIED...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 22, 1999 ;     471 words ......and, perhaps, to the goddess.'' Sea mice, it seems, belong to the oldest class of worms, Polychaeta, a subdivision of the phylum Annelida. These worms in their Precambrian form are now thought by zoologists to be an important stage in the development of more...

Molecular Evidence that Sclerolinum brattstromi Is Closely Related to...

The Biological Bulletin;  August 1, 2001 ;   HALANYCH, KENNETH M. FELDMAN, ROBERT A. VRIJENHOEK, ROBERT C.;   787 words ......class within the phylum Pogonophora (Jones, 1981; Ivanov, 1994). Others place frenulates and vestimentiferans within the phylum Annelida (Land and N[phi]rrevang, 1977; Kojima et al., 1993; Bartolomaeus, 1995; McHugh, 1997; Rouse and Fauchald, 1997; also see...

It wants to suck your blood! A fearless scientist uses his body as bait to...

Science World;  October 9, 2006 ;   Bryner, Jeanna;   787 words ......www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/504_leech.html CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS ART: Like earthworms, leeches are part of the phylum Annelida. Perform research to draw the anatomy of an earthworm and that of a leech. Be sure to label all parts of each body. Then...

Travels to the Infernal

The Washington Post;  September 14, 1988 ;   Jonathan Yardley;   787 words ......book is written from the worm's viewpoint," he says, "and the things I've asked my fellow blind, spineless members of the phylum Annelida are things like, `What's for dinner?' and `Please don't kill me'-the stuff of mankind's real-life interviews." The result...