ANNELIDA

General Characteristics

Range from one 1mm to 3 meters.

Fluid outer body

External cuticle that is never shed or mold

Has a nervous system/brain

100 body segments

ADAPTATIONS Uses its tail to determine the

temperature so it can tell is it wants to go under water or underground..

3 INTERESTING FACTS Some annelida worms are used for

medical reasons. Earth worms help with soil a lot and

farmers use them to help their crops grow

They carry both female and male sex cell ?????

VOCAVBULARY WORDS Cuticle = dead skin

Detritivore eats dead . Decompose to rot

HIRDUDO Family

Hirudinariinae Genus Hirdudo Genus

Poecilobdella Sand on the

beach

HAPLOTAXIDA Kingdom animalia Phylum Annelida Class Clitellata Food soil Habitat

underground 9 to 30 cm

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/regions-places/asia-southern/india_leechescure.html

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/dirty-jobs-worm-rancher.html

http://tolweb.org/articles/?article_id=57 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts

/pictures/Annelida_0015.html http://

yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/pg000102.html

http://www.backyardnature.net/earthwrm.htm http://

www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/resources/anatomy.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/earthworm-classification-taxonomy.html