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Epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida belonging to the family lumbricidae, is red, purple and brown in colour and endogeic earthworm Eutyphoeus gammiei belonging to the family octachaetidae have unique cytoplasm that is pink in colour. Eisenia fetida is a surface - born, fertilizer maker and can tolerate wide range of temperature and active in all seasons and thus is an Eury species. Endogeic species burrow within the top layer of soil and rarely come to the Surface and prefers to live literally within the soil. This article introduces Eisenia fetida and Eutyphoeus gammiei and its applications in various fields such as in fish farming organic matter decompositions and minerals recycling, as-well-as treating in wounds, Chorionic boils, piles and sore throat etc. The burrowing and feeding activity of earthworms have numerous beneficial effects on soil, as they increase the soil fertility and porosity. Their casts have higher nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium exchange capacity. The enzyme present inside the gut of the earthworm maintain pH of the soil. Earthworms increase water filtration ratio as they burrow vertically as well as horizontally, which is very important point of quick water filtration . The morphological features of E. fetida and E.gammiei showed variations in the skin colouration, their occurrence in the soil, segmentation, clitellum location, spermathecal opening, gizzard hardness, differences in position of nepridia and genital pores. Keywords: Epigeic, Endogeic, segmentation, decomposition, clitellum.