Enchytraeid worms

Enchytraeus albidus. Image credit: Paul Bachhausen, 2009 (http://www.salamanderseiten.de/weitere/Futtertiere/Enchytraen.htm)

The Enchytraeidae are a very common group of normally unpigmented terrestrial oligochaeta, commonly known as pot worms. These organisms are often spotted in the moist compost when gardeners are transplanting plants to bigger pots.