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Invertebrates

Invertebrates are multi-cellular organisms within the animal kingdom that do not have a structural backbone. 90% of the living organisms within Animalia are invertebrates.

Sponges

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Sponges

These fascinating organsims were once thought to be plants.

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Cnidarians

Marine and aquatic organisms with stinging cells called nematocysts.

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Cnidarians

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Marine and aquatic organisms with stinging cells called nematocysts.

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Echinoderms

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Echinoderms

Spiny-skinned invertebrates with radial symmetry in thier adult stage.

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Mollusks

Soft-bodied invertebrates divided into three major groups; gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods.

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Mollusks

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Soft-bodied invertebrates divided into three major groups; gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods.

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Arthropods

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Arthropods

The largest category of inverebrates. Organisms within arthropoda have an exoskelton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.

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