EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -invertebrate, any animal that lacks a vertebral column, or backbone, in contrast to the cartilaginous or bony vertebrates. More than 90 percent of all living animal species are invertebrates.

Detailed explanation-2: -Final Answer: Animals without a backbone are called invertebrates.

Detailed explanation-3: -An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. In fact, invertebrates don’t have any any bones at all! Invertebrates that you may be familiar with include spiders, worms, snails, lobsters, crabs and insects like butterflies. However, humans and other animals with backbones are vertebrates.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 5 groups of vertebrates (animals that have a backbone) are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Invertebrates are animals that do not have a backbone. A spider is an invertebrate because it is an animal without a backbone.

Detailed explanation-5: -Invertebrates range from spiders and scorpions to centipedes and millipedes, crustaceans, insects, horseshoe crabs, worms, leeches, earthworms, marine bristle worms, mussels and clams, snails, squid and octopi, sea anemones and corals, among others.