invertebrates

     

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group inclues 97% of all animal species — all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum Vertebrata (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals).

Trivia about invertebrates

  • Being spineless, jellyfish are members of this "no bones about 'em" animal group
  • The books in Libbie Hyman's 6-volume study of these have spines; by definition, the creatures in them don't