Invertebrates

Invertebrates
• Most of the animals on earth do not have backbone
(invertebrates).
• Scientists have named more than a million species of
invertebrates (animals without backbone ).
• Some are too small to be seen with the naked eyes .
The largest are giant squids.
Invertebrates
 Mollusks

• Have a soft body without bones.

• Some mollusks have a hard outer shell that protects
them from being eaten.
• Some mollusks get oxygen through gills.
• Others are able to absorb oxygen through their skin.
 Annelids
(Worms)
• Flat worms : flat and thin, live in wet or damp places .
• Round worms : live in water and on land.
• Segmented worms : earth worms .
• Some are microscopic and others are huge (7m)
Huge worms
Roundworms
 Arthropods
(Jointed feet)
• The largest phylum of animals.
• Arthropods have bodies that are divided into many
separate parts .
• Arthropods breath in different ways (gills, special
tubes, book lungs).
 Arthropods
(Jointed feet)
• Arthropods get Oxygen in many ways :
• Grasshopper :

Breath by special tubes

• Lobsters:

Have gills

• Spiders:

Breath with organs called book lungs

 Arthropods
(Jointed feet)
• Complete metamorphosis :
• butterflies , moths and houseflies .
• They have life cycles that have big changes .
 Arthropods
(Jointed feet)
• Incomplete metamorphosis :
• grasshopper
• They hatch from eggs and they look almost like adults .
 Cnidarians
• Jellyfish
Dichotomous
Key
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