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Earthworms are in the Phyllum Annelida, the segmented worms. The earthworm body looks like a long string of checkers, arranged flat-side to flat-side. The roundworns, Nemahelminthes, are not segmented and are shaped like a knitting needle.

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Invertebrates don't have back bones, and if the earthworm is considered an earthworm, he must not have a back bone.

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It does not have a rigid exoskeleton or jointed limbs which are major characteristics of arthropods.

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The tubular, streamlined, shape is an adaptation to living in narrow burrows underground and the need to move easily through the soil.

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because they dont have legs

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Because it doesn't have legs.

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