The trunks of Palm trees do not get thicker as they age; rather, they simply grow taller. Some Palms have trunks that are as skinny as pencils. Fossil Palm trees date back 100 million years to the Jurassic Era. Muslims regard the Date Palm as the tree of life, as its roots can be traced back more than 5,000 years.
At last count, there were more than 9,000 species of segmented worms on the planet today. Some of the most common types of segmented worms include earthworms, leeches, and sandworms. Earthworms make up the largest and most diverse group of segmented worms in the world. In all, there are more 2,700 different types of earthworms living in every corner of the earth today.
Segmented worms also inhabit freshwater aquatic habitats as well as moist terrestrial habitats such as forest floors. Segmented worms are bilaterally symmetrical. Their body consists of a head region, a tail region and a middle region of numerous repeated segments.egmented worms are classified within the following taxonomic hierarchy: Animals Invertebrates. Segmented worms are divided into the following taxonomic groups: 1  Polychates-The polychaetes include about 12,000 species that are characterized by having multiple hairs on each segment.