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Vocabulary for Invertebrates

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1623193672exoskeletona skeleton on the outside of an organism0
1623193673invertebratesanimals that do not have bones or internal skeletons1
1623193674Mollusksoft bodied invertebrate with a thick muscular foot for movement2
1623193675Echinodermbreathe through their tube feet3
1623193676Spongesimplest invertebrate4
1623193677Spongefilter feeder5
1623193678Arthropodsome have wings6
1623193679Mollusksome have shells7
1623193680Segmented Wormslong tube-like body with many sections8
1623193681Echinodermbrittle stars and sea stars9
1623193682Spongeswater moves through a central cavity10
1623193683Arthropodscrustaceans (lobsters and crabs)11
1623193684Molluskbreathe through gills (in water) or lungs (on land)12
1623193685Segmented Wormssimplest organism with a true nervous system13
1623193686Echinodermsea cucumber14
1623193687Arthropodsjointed legs and segmented bodies15
1623193688Segmented Wormsbreathe dissolved oxygen through their skin16
1623193689Arthropodhave exoskeletons17
1623193690Echinoderma body that extends (radiates) out from the middle18
1623193691Segmented WormsEarthworms19
1623193692Spongesspecialized cells for getting oxygen from the water20
1623193693Segmented WormsLeeches21
1623193694Mollusksslugs and snails22
1623193695Spongeshas lots of pores23
1623193696PoresHoles or openings24
1623193697Arthropodget oxygen through air tubes (out of water) or gills (in water)25
1623193698Mollusksclams, squids, and octopi26
1623193699Arthropodsinsects, and arachnids (spiders and ticks)27
1623193700CnideriaCorals and jellyfish- (nettle) have a hollow body with one opening (mouth-anus; have a radical symmetry (body organized in a circular pattern); mouth-anus is surrounded by tentacles that are equipped with stinging cells (cnidoblasts); have a simple nerve net28
1623193701CoralA structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.29

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