Talk: Earthworm

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"Various species of earthworms are used in vermiculture, the practice of feeding organic waste to earthworms to decompose (digest) it, a form of composting by the use of worms. These are usually [[Eisenia Fetida]] or the Brandling worm, also known as the Tiger worm or Red Wriggler."

Eisenia Fetida doesn't actually live freely in the soil but in compost so arn't really earthwormsm, but I'll leave the article as it is for now...quercus robur

varieties of worms

Soliciting opinions: Should there be entries for some of the more interesting species/varieties (e.g. Red Wrigglers)? FZ 01:25, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Oligochaeta

Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author)

Except that the taxobox lists oligochaeta as an order. I'm not knowledgable enough to correct this myself, but consistency within the oage would be nice. Rho 23:02, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. The order level taxon should have been Haplotaxida. This got mislabeled in one of the changes in taxobox format. WormRunner | Talk 05:20, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)