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invertebrates
Scope note
Animals having no backbone or spinal column, such as insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, and similar organisms.
Broader Terms
BT
↑
animals
More specific terms
NT4
↓
arthropods
►
▼
NT5
↓
arachnids
NT5
↓
crustaceans
►
▼
NT6
↓
ostracodes
NT5
↓
horseshoe crabs
NT5
↓
insects
►
▼
NT6
↓
bees and wasps
NT6
↓
butterflies and moths
NT5
↓
trilobites
NT4
↓
bryozoans and brachiopods
NT4
↓
coelenterates
NT4
↓
conodonts
NT4
↓
echinoderms
NT4
↓
mollusks
NT4
↓
sponges
NT4
↓
tunicates
NT4
↓
worms
►
▼
NT5
↓
flatworms
NT5
↓
roundworms
NT5
↓
segmented worms
Related terms
RT
⇆
invertebrate paleontology
Date of creation
20-Nov-2007
Accepted term
20-Nov-2007
Descendant terms
20
ARK
ark:/99152/t32dk0qzom067y
More specific terms
9
Alternative terms
0
Related terms
1
Notes
1
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