Information about Clitellum
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In earthworms and some other annelids, the clitellum is a thickened glandular section of the body wall that secretes a viscid sac in which the eggs are deposited. Once the eggs have been deposited in the sac, the clitellum slides off of the earthworm's body.
See also
Earthworm Reproduction Lumbricina
Families
Acanthodrilidae
Ailoscolecidae
Alluroididae
Almidae
Criodrilidae
Eudrilidae
Exxidae
Glossoscolecidae
Lumbricidae
Lutodrilidae
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Families
Acanthodrilidae
Ailoscolecidae
Alluroididae
Almidae
Criodrilidae
Eudrilidae
Exxidae
Glossoscolecidae
Lumbricidae
Lutodrilidae
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Annelida
Lamarck, 1809
Classes and subclasses
Class Polychaeta (paraphyletic?)
Class Clitellata*
Oligochaeta - earthworms, etc.
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Lamarck, 1809
Classes and subclasses
Class Polychaeta (paraphyletic?)
Class Clitellata*
Oligochaeta - earthworms, etc.
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gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release such as hormones, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
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Where the the eggs are deposited in earthworms.
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