Global web icon
wikipedia.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm
Worm - Wikipedia
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and usually no eyes.
Global web icon
trvst.world
https://www.trvst.world/biodiversity/types-of-worm…
15 Types of Worms: Species, Facts and Photos - TRVST
Various types of worms inhabit different ecosystems on the planet. These invertebrate animals, often overlooked, exhibit diverse characteristics and behaviors. They live in deep soil, freshwater, or harsh deserts, and their diet patterns vary. Read on to learn more.
Global web icon
a-z-animals.com
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/worm/
Worm Animal Facts - A-Z Animals
A worm includes any invertebrate animal that has a long body with no appendages. They cover over 1 million different types of invertebrates, and they are considered invasive species.
Global web icon
britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/animal/worm
Worm | Segmented, Annelid, Invertebrate | Britannica
Worm, any of various unrelated invertebrate animals that typically have soft, slender, elongated bodies. Worms usually lack appendages; polychaete annelids are a conspicuous exception.
Global web icon
nationalgeographic.com
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invert…
Earthworm - National Geographic Kids
Earthworms are vital to soil health and to plants growing in it because they transport nutrients and minerals from below to the surface via their waste. An earthworm can eat up to a third of its...
Global web icon
factanimal.com
https://factanimal.com/earthworm/
14 Earthworm Facts That Will Blow Your Mind - Fact Animal
Worms in general are difficult to categorise. Earthworms are all Annelids, which is a phylum of segmented worms. They’re also commonly grouped by class in relation to their reproductive collar, called a ‘clitella’, which puts them in the class ‘Clitellata’.
Global web icon
mit.edu
https://mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/12/12/celebrating-wo…
Celebrating worm science - MIT McGovern Institute
For decades, scientists with big questions about biology have found answers in a tiny worm. That worm–a millimeter-long creature called Caenorhabditis elegans–has helped researchers uncover fundamental features of how cells and organisms work. The impact of that work is enormous: Discoveries made using C. elegans have been recognized with four Nobel prizes and have led […]
Global web icon
wikihow.com
https://www.wikihow.com/Know-If-You-Have-Worms
How to Know If You Have Worms: Intestinal Parasite Symptoms
We’ll help you recognize some of the most common symptoms of a worm infestation, as well as the typical warning signs for tapeworms, pinworms, hookworms, whipworms, and roundworms.
Global web icon
animalcorner.org
https://animalcorner.org/animals/worms/
Worms - Facts, Diet & Habitat Information - Animal Corner
A Worm is an elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animal. The best-known is the earthworm, a member of phylum Annelida, however, there are hundreds of thousands of different species that live in a wide variety of habitats other than soil.
Global web icon
australian.museum
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identifica…
What are worms? - The Australian Museum
Many very different and unrelated types of animals that are generally long and soft are called worms. Of these, three common types of worms are: the flatworm, the roundworm, and the segmented worm. Flatworms are soft, unsegmented invertebrates.