INVERTEBRAT ES Animals without backbones are called INVERTEBRATES. © Nabihah Mali
INVERTEBRATES
Animals without backbones are called INVERTEBRATES.
© Nabihah Malik
Some examples of INVERTEBRATES ARE: Sponges, jellyfish, worms, echinoderms, molluscs and anthropods.
SPONGES
JELLYFISH
WORMS
SPONGES 100’s of species
They live in water and under/on rocks.
They don’t have eyes, a heart or a nervous system.
They are filled with pores and are sac like.
JELLYFISHLive in the water
The main body of a Jellyfish is called a bell.
They are carried by the currents in the water.
They catch prey with their tentacles.
They have stinging cells on their tentacles.
WORMS They have a thin soft body with no legs.
They travel through the ground and water.
Some worms live in the water and others live on land.
ANIMAL ATLAS - INVERTEBRATES