A student observed a laboratory specimen with the following features.
a. The body is elongated and worm-like.
b. The body can be divided into identical left and right halves in only one plane.
c. The body surface is distinctly marked out into segments.
d. Each segment has a pair of lateral appendages.
The specimen should be identified as
The specimen is Nereis. Pheretima lacks parapodia (lateral appendages). Ascaris and Pila are unsegmented.