WHAT ARE

INVERTEBRATES?
BY:STEPHANIE BINASOY
 WHAT ARE
INVERTEBRATES?
= Are any animal that lacks a vertebral column, or
backbone, in contrast to the cartilaginous or bony
vertebrates.
= Are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither
possess nor develop a vertebral column, derived from the
notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart
from the chordate subphylum Vertebrata.
 EXAMPLES OF CRUSTACEANS

INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
ANNELIDS INSECTS
MOLLUSKS

ARACHNIDS
PROTOZOA
ECHINODERMS
 C L A S S E S/ G R O U P OF
I N V ER TE B RA T E S
-poriferans (sponges)
- cnidarians (such as sea jellies and corals)
-echinoderms (such as sea urchins and sea stars)
-mollusks (such as octopuses, snails, and clams)
- annelids (worms)
-arthropods (such as insects, spiders, and
lobsters).
Spongebob is a poriferan more
commonly known as sea sponge.
PORIFERAN
Sponge-related organisms, which belong to the
phylum Porifera, are a sister animal clade to the
diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms made up
of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin
layers of cells. Their bodies are covered in holes and
channels that allow water to flow through them.

Most poriferans do not move.They come in all shapes,

sizes and colors.
ECHINODERM
An echinoderm is any member of the phylum Echinodermata.
The adults are recognisable by their radial symmetry, and
include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and
sea cucumbers, as well as the sea lilies or "stone lilies".
 5 MAIN CLASSES
OF ECHINODERMS

starfish brittle stars sea lilies

sea cucumbers echinoids
CNIDARIA
cnidarians are used to be known as
coelenterates.Are animals with hallow and
soft bodies.Their distinguishing feature is
cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use
mainly for capturing prey.
MOLLUSKS
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate
animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are
known as molluscs or mollusks.

Is a soft bodied animals. Some are enclosed in shells for

protection
EXAMPLE OF MOLLUSKS
CLAMS SNAIL SQUID

OCTOPUS
OYSTERS
SCALLOPS
-SNAILS produce a shell known as the mantle, which is
secreted by a sheet. The shell's spiral-like portion is formed
by the marble. The eyes and sensory tentacles on the snail's
head allow it to smell and feel.

-SQUID has no shell as covering but has two long tentacles

and eight short ones. Its main body called mantle is like a
sheath that covers the squids body organs.Squids have
sunction cups on their tentacles that are used to catch their
prey. The mouth is located at the middle of its tentacles. It
has large eyes at each side of its head that is used to easily
detect its prey. ´

-OCTOPUS is almost similar to the squid in terms of body

parts. The only difference is that it has a round and short
body. It has 8 tentacles. To protect itself the octopus squirts
a black inklike substance toward its enemy that allows
octopus to escape easily. ´
CLAM and other BIVALVES

Clams, oysters, scallops and

mussels are bivalves mollusks. Their
shells are hinged together. They
have long siphons that are used for
getting water to sustain moisture in
their body.
ANNELIDS
Annelids are known as the
segmented worms.
 3 CLASSIFICATION OF
WORMS
ROUNDWORM or NEMATODES have tubelike slender bodies.
They have an opening at each end-the mouth and the
anus. The food eaten through the mouth and ways
products are brought out through the anus. It is usually
found in the soil.

SEGMENTED WORM or ANNELIDS have bodies that are

divided into sections. The earthworm is the most common
example of a segmented worm. It is usually found in the
soil. It has small hairlike structure called setae that are
used for locomotion.
Leech is also a segmented worm. It lives in water or
wetlands. It usually attach themselves to the skin of
swimmers or mountain climbers. They suck blood in
order to survive.

FLATWORM or PLATYHELMINTHES have soft structured bodies

with only one opening which is used for getting food and
excreting waste. Tapeworm is a common example of
flatworm. It is a parasite that lives in the intestine of the
host. It can regenerate a body part that is cut off.
ARTHROPOD
Arthropods are invertebrate animals with an
exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired
jointed appendages. Insects, crustaceans and
arachnids are examples of arthropods.
INSENCTS
 Insects are pancrustacean hexapod
invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are
the largest group within the arthropod
phylum. Insects have a chitinous
exoskeleton, a three-part body, three
pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and
one pair of antennae.
CRUSTACEANS
Crustaceans form a large, diverse arthropod
taxon which includes such animals as decapods,
seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill,
remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods,
amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean
group can be treated as a subphylum under the
clade Mandibulata
ARACHNID
Arachnida is a class of joint-legged
invertebrate animals, in the subphylum
Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among
others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites,
pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel
spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons.
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