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File Name: 60981_Earthworm
Description: An illustration of the various types of earthworm setae. Seta (plural: setae) is a biological term derived from the Latin word for "bristle". It refers to a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms. "A, penial seta of Perichaeta ceylonica; b, extremity of penial seta of Acanthodrilus; c, Seta of Urochaeta; d, Seta of Lumbricus; e, Seta of Criodrilus; f, g, Setae of Bohemilla comata; h, i, j, Setae of Psammoryctes barbatus." (Britannica, 1910)
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 5) (New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910) 5:795
Keywords: earthworms, oligochaeta, annelid, annelida, worm

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