A worm is any of a variety of invertebrates that have long, flexible bodies and usually lack appendages. Worms were categorized as vermicular lifeforms. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds")
In 1953, Darlene Kursky compared the Dax symbiont in the novella "Deep Space Nine" to a worm. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
During his stay in an Ubean prison, Wixiban was forced to eat worms to sustain himself. (VOY: "Fair Trade")
Types
- Aldebaran mud leech
- Andorian ice-bore
- Bore worm
- Corvarian sludge worm
- Danaxian tapeworm
- Giant dry-worm
- Immunocytic gel worm
- Neethian cradlefish
- Razor-toothed gree-worm
- Racht
- Regellian blood worm
- Regulan bloodworm
- Serpent worm
- Tube grub
- Vermicula