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2. Eisenia fetida - Wikipedia

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   Eisenia fetida, known under various common names such as manure worm, [2] redworm, brandling worm, panfish worm, trout worm, tiger worm, red wiggler worm, etc., is a species of earthworm adapted to decaying organic material. These worms thrive in rotting vegetation, compost, and manure. They are epigean, rarely found in soil.

3. Annelid - Wikipedia

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   Earthworms store their partners' sperm in spermathecae ("sperm stores") and then the clitellum produces a cocoon that collects ova from the ovaries and then sperm from the spermathecae. Fertilization and development of earthworm eggs takes place in the cocoon. Leeches' eggs are fertilized in the ovaries, and then transferred to the cocoon.

4. Earthworm - Wikipedia

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   The first body segment (segment number 1) features both the earthworm's mouth and, overhanging the mouth, a fleshy lobe called the prostomium, which seals the entrance when the worm is at rest, but is also used to feel and chemically sense the worm's surroundings. Some species of earthworm can even use the prehensile prostomium to grab and drag ...

5. Vermifilter - Wikipedia

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   Common hydraulic retention time values in vermifiltration systems range from 1 to 3 hours. [23] Hydraulic loading rates commonly vary between 0.2 m 3 m −2 day −1, [24] 3.0 m 3 m −2 day −1 [25] or 10–20 g L −1. [26] Organic loading rate is defined as the amount of soluble and particulate organic matter (as BOD 5) per unit area per ...

6. Vermicompost - Wikipedia

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   Vermicast (also called worm castings, [a] worm humus, worm poop, worm manure, or worm faeces) is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. [1] These excreta have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than the organic materials before vermicomposting.

7. Megascolecidae - Wikipedia

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   The length of earthworms can vary from 1.0 cm (0.39 in) to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). [3] The number of spermathecal pores is normally paired, but multiples can be present in some species. The location of spermathecal pores and how they are positioned in different segmental locations is used in the identification of different megascolecidids.

8. Lumbricus rubellus - Wikipedia

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   Lumbricus rubellus is a species of earthworm that is related to Lumbricus terrestris. It is usually reddish brown or reddish violet, iridescent dorsally, and pale yellow ventrally. They are usually about 25 millimetres (0.98 in) to 105 millimetres (4.1 in) in length, with around 95–120 segments.

9. Lumbricus terrestris - Wikipedia

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   The worm has a hydrostatic skeleton and moves by longitudinal and circular muscular contractions. Setae – tiny hair-like projections – provide leverage against the surrounding soil. Surface movements on moist, flat terrain were reported at a speed of 20 m/h and, based on measurements of the length of the trail, nocturnal activity away from ...