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Mole (animal) Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, [1] reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The word "mole" refers to any species in the family Talpidae, from the Latin word for mole, talpa ...
Lumbricus terrestris, an earthworm. A worm is a bilateral animal. It usually has no arms or legs, and a slender cylinder-like body. Worms come in many different sizes. Some species are very small, while the bootlace worm has been known to grow up to nearly 60 meters (almost 200 feet). [1] One of the best-known types of worms are earthworms .
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria ). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodaria. All tapeworms are endoparasites of vertebrates, living in the digestive tract or related ducts. Examples are the pork tapeworm ( Taenia solium ...
2008. Headquarters. Ostend, Belgium. Coordinates. 51°13′40.25″N 2°56′28.07″E. / 51.2278472°N 2.9411306°E / 51.2278472; 2.9411306. Website. marinespecies.org. The World Register of Marine Species ( WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Removed from its burrow, the fully grown teredo ranges from several centimeters to about a meter in length, depending on the species. An average adult shipworm measures 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) in length and less than one-quarter inch (6.4 mm) in diameter, but some species grow to considerable size. [2] The body is cylindrical, slender, naked, and superficially vermiform (worm-shaped). In ...
Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as members ...
Anatomy. Velvet worms are segmented animals with a flattened cylindrical body cross-section and rows of unstructured body appendages known as oncopods or lobopods (informally: stub feet). They reach lengths between 0.1 and 22 cm (0.04–8.66 in) depending on species, with the smallest known being Ooperipatellus nanus and the largest known is ...
