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0.95 or 95% of all animals areinvertebrates
This is the simplest invertebrate. It is shaped like a sack, no symmetry, two cell layers thick, has no bones, and is an invertebrateSponge
This invertebrate has poison stingers on its tentacles, are two layers thick, have simple tissues, a mouth, and radial symmetryCnidarians
Cnidarians includehydra, jellyfish, sea anemones and corals
These are more complex than cnidarians or sponges, the simplest worms, have a head and a tail, have bilateral symmetry, includes parasites and planariaFlatworms
These are more complex than flatworms, have a slender but rounded body, have a one way digestive system, and include Ascaris and hookwormsRoundworms
Earthworms areSegmented worms
These are soft-bodied invertebrates such as snails, slugs, clams, oysters, squids, and have shells.Mollusks
These are spiny skinned and often star shaped. They include sea stars, sand dollars, sea cucumbers and sea urchins. They have an endoskeleton.Echinoderms
The largest invertebrate phylum, have jointed legs, a body divided into sections, some breathe with gills, have an exoskeleton, and 4 main classes: arachnids, centipedes and millipedes, crustaceans, and insects.Arthropods
Includes spiders, mites, scorpoins, ticks, daddy-longlegs, no antennae, mainly eat insects, many are poisonous or spin websArachnids
Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crayfish, sow bugs, eat dead animal remainsCrustaceans
One pair of legs per segment and move quicklyCentipedes
Two pair of legs per segment and move slowlyMillipedes
Beetles, flies, bees, ants, mosquitoes, butterflies, dragonflies, fleas, termites and have bodies in 3 sections--head, thorax, abdomenInsects

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