Subtopic: Segmentation

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Subtopic: Seg­men­ta­tion

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SEGMENTATION: In some ani­mals, the body is exter­nal­ly and inter­nal­ly divid­ed into seg­ments with a ser­i­al rep­e­ti­tion of at least some organs.

Exam­ple: in earth­worm, the body shows this pat­tern called metamer­ic seg­men­ta­tion and the phe­nom­e­non is known as metamerism.