Species Profile
Lampito mauritii
Indian earthworm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassOligochaeta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lampito mauritii lives in moist soil.
Feeds on organic matter.
Important soil annelid.
Size & Structure
01
Long segmented body
02
Clitellum present
03
Brown colour
04
No parapodia
Lampito mauritii — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ladder-like
- Excretory organ
- Nephridia
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Cutaneous
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Absent
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Soil aeration
Improves fertility
Decomposer
Economic Importance
Vermicomposting
Agriculture benefit
Soil health indicator