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The majority of earthworm species are hermaphrodites possessing separate testes and ovaries that function simultaneously and reproduce by cross-fertilisation. However, some species can reproduce parthenogenetically (Reproduction in which the ova develops without being fertilised by a spermatozoa, hence it involves only one parent).
