Earthworm T.S
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Oligochaeta
• Intestine is divisible into 3 regions – Pre – typhlosolar, typhlosolar and post – typhlosolar region.
• Typhlosolar region has median dorsal internal fold.
• Body wall is composed of thin cuticle, columnar epidermis, thin circular muscle layer and thick longitudinal muscle layer.
• Typhlosole increases the surface area for absorption.
• Dorsal blood vessel, supra – intestinal excretory duct ventral blood vessel, nerve cord, sub – neural vessel, blood capillaries and coelom are seen in section.
• Section is triploblastic with organ grade of construction and true coelom.
• Typhlosole has chlorogen cells and a capillary blood vessel.
• Intestine is composed of outer visceral coelomic epithelial layer, intermediate longitudinal and circular muscle layers.