An Earthworm Earthworm An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm found in the phylum Annelida. They have a world-wide distribution and are commonly found living in soil, feeding on live and dead organic matter. An earthworm's digestive system runs through the length of its body. It conducts respiration through its skin. Lets learn some interesting facts about Earthworm Earthworms come in a seemly infinite variety—around 6,000 species worldwide. Worms live where there is food, moisture, oxygen and a favorable temperature. If they don’t have these things, they go somewhere else. A worm has no arms, legs or eyes. Lacking lungs or other specialized respiratory organs, earthworms breathe through their skin. In one acre of land, there can be more than a million earthworms. The largest earthworm ever found was in South Africa and measured 22 feet from its nose to the tip of its tail. Worms tunnel deeply in the soil and bring subsoil closer to the surface mi...
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