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What is a clitellum?

What is a clitellum? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited.
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The two species display similar body length and segment number as well as show resemblance in the shape of the clitellum and tubercula pubertatis.
Juveniles were distinguished from adults by size and the absence of a clitellum, and the adults identified.
A clitellum is present in the mid-region during the reproductive period.
The saddle is also known as the clitellum, and it forms a cocoon that holds eggs and nourishes a worm until baby worms hatch.
Clitellum slightly resembling this of amphius, although on various individuals it was variably developed, unequally encircling segments ventrally.
Between segments 32 and 37 is the clitellum, a slightly bulged, discoloured organ that produces a cocoon for enclosing the earthworm's eggs.

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