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Earthworm

Microscolex horsti Eisen 1900

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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body shape

Pettibone 1982
vermiform
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7921571

Definition: shaped like a worm

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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introduced range includes

Simpson et al 2020
The Hawaiian Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855811

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number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

1

trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
non-selective deposit feeder
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/FEED_NSD

Definition: An organism that feeds on mud or sand and shows little discrimination in the size or type of particles eaten. The sediment is ingested and any digestible organic material is assimilated as it passes through the alimentary canal.

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(adult)