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Explain how the earthworm uses its hydrostatic skeleton to crawl ?

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1. The locomotion of the earthworm is brought about by the contraction and relaxation of the muscular body wall and is aided by the turgence of the coelomic fluid hence called the Hydrostatic skeleton.
2. The alternate contractions are aided by the leverage afforded by the buccal chamber and the setae.
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