Invertebrates

(without backbone)

Annelid Arthropod Cnidaria Echinoderm Mollusk Porifera

worms jointed legs stinging cells spiny-skinned soft bodied sponges

bodies in 5 parts • soft-bodied with • no body

• two body • jointed legs • tentacles with •
covered in external or openings
openings • more than one stinging cells •
internal shells • no muscles,
• simple nervous body section • one body spikes or spines
• external • have a foot or nerves or
• system • exoskeleton opening
skeleton made tentacles organs
• live in water
• most have • live in water
of lime
shells

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