2007-03-13 03:44:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
onyx27 was mostly accurate, but perhaps a little too detailed. Any member of Class Oligochaeta can be commonly called an "earthworm." Oligochaeta is a subdivision of the phylum Annelida, which refers to segmented worms.
People tend to remember the much simpler (and much less accurate) breakdown of the animal kingdom that they learned in elementary school:
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Invertebrates
According to this lopsided system, earthworms fall into the category of "invertebrates."
2007-03-13 08:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by Ben H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Earthworms belong to the group of 'segmented worms' (the next time you look at one, notice the rings around its body). The latin name for this group is Annelids.
2007-03-13 04:47:33 · answer #2 · answered by John R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earthworm isn't an animal at all. It's an insect,
2007-03-18 18:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by The Crazy Bitch! 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Oligochaeta
2007-03-20 19:02:07 · answer #4 · answered by Starlyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Annelids
2007-03-13 06:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phylum - Annelida
Class - Oligochaeta
Family - Lumbricidae
Genus - Lumbricus
Species - terrestris
2007-03-13 03:56:36 · answer #6 · answered by onyx27 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm
2007-03-13 03:53:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋