Red Wiggler Worms - Annelid Phylum, Eisenia Genus

The ringed / segmented worms (also known as annelids) have segmented bodies. Each segment having one or more ringlike external band. They have no limbs, but do have well developed internal organs. There are thousands of different kinds of worms.

Red Wiggler Worms are classified as follows:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelid
Class: Oligochaeti
Order: Opisthopara
Family: Lambricihae
Genus: Eisenia

Red wigglers are red in color, and are two to four inches in length. They have a life span of about one year, and reproduce relatively quickly.

Q. What are Red Wiggler Worm (or soft-bodied worm-like animals) origins?

A. Some feel worms or their relatives have lived on earth more than a billion years ago. The annelids appeared during the Cambrian period - or the beginning of the Paleozoic Era, lasting for nearly 53 million years from about 500 million years ago.