Annelids have cylindrical soft bodies showing metameric segmentation , obvious externally as a series of rings separating the segments. Between the gut and other body organs there is a fluid-filled cavity called the coelom , which acts as a hydrostatic skeleton.
Movement is by alternate contraction of circular and longitudinal muscles in the body wall.
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