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Worms

LC control no.sh 85148550
LC classificationQL386 QL394 Zoology
Topical headingWorms
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Variant(s)Vermes
Vermiform animals
See alsoBilateria
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Invertebrates
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Found inWikipedia, Jan. 9, 2017 (Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no limbs; In biology, "worm" refers to an obsolete taxon, vermes, used by Carolus Linnaeus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, now seen to be paraphyletic. Scientific classification: Kingdom Animalia, Subkingdom Eumetazoa. (unranked) Bilateria. Phyla: Annelida (segmented worms); Arthropoda (inchworms, sometimes called "canker worms"); Chaetognatha (arrow worms); Gnathostomulid (jaw worms); Hemichordata (acorn/tongue worms); Nematoda (roundworms); Nematomorpha (horsehair worms); Nemertea (ribbon worms); Onychophora (velvet worms); Phoronida (horseshoe worms); Platyhelminthes (flatworms); Priapulida (phallus worms); Sipuncula (peanut worms); Cestoda (tapeworms))