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Komarekiona eatoni, or the Kentucky earthworm, is a terrestrial species of nearctic Annelid found in the southwestern United States, especially near the Appalachian Mountains.
Wild goat. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
Varichaetadrilus is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Naididae. [1] The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America. [1] Species: [1] Varichaetadrilus bizkaiensis Rodriguez & Giani, 1984; Varichaetadrilus fulleri Brinkhurst & Kathman, 1983
The annelids (/ ˈ æ n ə l ɪ d z /), also known as the segmented worms, are animals that comprise the phylum Annelida (/ ə ˈ n ɛ l ɪ d ə /; from Latin anellus 'little ring'). [ 3 ] [ a ] The phylum contains over 22,000 extant species , including ragworms , earthworms , and leeches .
The Spiralia are a morphologically diverse clade of protostome animals, including within their number the molluscs, annelids, platyhelminths and other taxa. [4] The term Spiralia is applied to those phyla that exhibit canonical spiral cleavage, a pattern of early development found in most members of the Lophotrochozoa.
A cross section of a post-clitellum segment of an annelid (ringed worm); almost all segments of an annelid contain the same set of organs and parts, a pattern called metamerism. Annelids have no lungs, but rather exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen directly through the moist skin when blood reaches the extremely fine capillaries of the body ...
Nests can hold up to an average of 6,000 workers, the Georgia Department of Agriculture says. Invasive, bee-eating hornet found in Georgia alarmed experts. Then they found a nest
The body is muscular and relatively solid; the coelom, the spacious body cavity found in other annelids, is reduced to small channels. The majority of leeches live in freshwater habitats, while some species can be found in terrestrial or marine environments.