AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -More than 90 percent of all living animal species are invertebrates. Worldwide in distribution, they include animals as diverse as sea stars, sea urchins, earthworms, sponges, jellyfish, lobsters, crabs, insects, spiders, snails, clams, and squid.

Detailed explanation-2: -Crustaceans are a subcategory of invertebrates closely related to insects and spiders. They typically have a body covered with a hard shell or crust. Crustaceans include shrimp, krill, lobsters, and crabs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Invertebrates that you may be familiar with include spiders, worms, snails, lobsters, crabs and insects like butterflies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Worms are invertebrate animals with bilateral symmetry. Worms have a definite anterior (head) end and a posterior (tail) end. The ventral surface of worms and other organisms is the bottom side of the body, often closest to the ground.

Detailed explanation-5: -An invertebrate is a cold-blooded animal with no backbone. Invertebrates can live on land-like insects, spiders, and worms-or in water. Marine invertebrates include crustaceans (such as crabs and lobsters), mollusks (such as squids and clams), and coral.