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oligochaete worm

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Noun1.oligochaete worm - hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the bodyoligochaete worm - hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm - worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, angleworm, crawler, wiggler - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers


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2004) recorded 35 taxa in newly created intertidal mussel beds that resulted in more shore crabs Carcinus maenas, amphipods Melita palmata, and oligochaete worms Tubificoides benedeni, but fewer of the polychaetes Pygospio elegans and Notomastus latericeus, and the eumalacostracan Corophium spp.
 
 
 
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