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The worm can range from 4 to 14 inches in length and is 1/25 to 1/16 of an inch in diameter. Young worms are white and turn tan, yellow, dark brown or black as they mature.

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These missing genes code for common hair-like structures called cilia. Indeed, researchers have noticed that hairworm cells are puzzlingly bare where other worms’ cells would have cilia.