Earthworm  (Lumbricus terrestris)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Hermaphrodites: possessing both male and female sex organs.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (Jan 2003). http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn/
  2. Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. (1961) Land invertebrates: a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods (excluding insects). Methuen & Co Ltd., London.
  3. Nichols, D., Cooke, J. & Whiteley, D. (1971) The Oxford Book of Invertebrates. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  4. Buczacki, S. (2002) Fauna Britannica. Hamlyn, London.
  5. BBC Wildfacts (March 2003): http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/416.shtml
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