The Ultimate Worm Quiz

Earthworms belong to this phylum

Flatworms belong to this phylum

Giant earthworm of Australia

Largest living earthworm species; goes neck-to-neck with the above worm

Flatworm often studied in labs for its regenerative abilities (you get two if you cut one in half)

Invasive flatworm causing destruction throughout the UK

Incredibly heat-tolerant worm found around deep sea not vents

Worm named after a holiday decoration

Intestinal parasite that can reach more than 60 ft (20 m) long

Actually the larvae of a fungus gnat; lives in caves and traps insects by luring them with lights and snagging them with

Lives around plant roots; often used in genetics as a model organism

Be careful when you visit Australia, cause this worm that can grow up to 3 m (9 ft) has been known to attack beachgoers Down Under

Named after a common rodent, this tide pool creature is actually a hairy worm

Marine worm whose lower sections detach from the rest of the body during mating and swim to the ocean surface where fertilization occurs

Worm closely related to the arthropods which lives in the leaf litter of rainforests and captures prey by shooting sticky glue out of nozzles on its head

Blood-sucking freshwater worm once commonly used widely in medicine, though now used only rarely

Intestinal parasitic worm some discoveries suggest reduces the effects of asthma

Flower-like, stationary worm named after a colourful bird

Colourful marine flatworms that live on coral reefs

Possibly the longest animal currently living on Earth, with some specimens reportedly reaching up to 55 m (180 ft) long

Common name for large

Genus name for small worms resembling flatworms that swarm along the coastlines of Atlantic Europe at high tide creating green streaks in the sandy shoals

Common name for group of parasitic worms known to infest crickets and alter their behaviour so that they drown themselves, after which the worms burst put of their bodies

Type of marine mollusc that bores through wood and is notorious for knowing away at wooden ports and old shipwrecks

Nearly legless burrowing reptiles from Mexico sometimes referred to as 'worm lizards'

Legless amphibian sometimes mistaken for an earthworm

European reptile mistakenly called a worm

This book by the same author as 'Dracula' has been considered by some to be one of the worst books ever written, and involves a 'worm'

In Medieval Europe, the word 'worm' was used to describe what famous mythical monster?

Name given by the indigenous people known as the Fremen to 500-m long sandworms that roam the deserts of the planet Arrakis in the Dune books by Frank Herbert and their associated media

Name for giant worm-like burrowing monsters in the Tremors movies

Giant worm-like mythical creature in the traditions of the Inuit

Legendary worm-like creature said to inhabit the sands of Mongolia's Gobi Desert, supposedly capable of spitting corrosive venom and stunning prey with electricity

South Asian river where during ancient times it was believed there lived giant worms with two huge fangs that dragged livestock down into their watery lair and were sometimes captured by humans for their precious oil

Legendary worm-like lake monster said to inhabit Iceland's glacial Lake Lagarfljót