Invertebrate+Animal+Traits

Invertebrate animals are defined as animals without backbones. These animals range from the soft bodied sponges and worms to the hard exoskeletoned lobsters and insects.
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 * [[image:http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/6974/the_sea_sponge.jpg width="147" height="128" caption="Sea Sponge"]] ||  || [[image:http://www.funny-potato.com/images/animals/jellyfish/jellyfish.jpg width="180" height="131" caption="Jellyfish"]] || [[image:http://www.valdosta.edu/~jlgoble/Sea%20Anemone%20Diadumene%20Dia%2030cm%201.JPG width="157" height="126" caption="Sea Anemone"]] || [[image:pmt-4th-grade-science/worm.jpg width="165" height="130" caption="Worm"]] ||


 * ====**Invertebrates**==== ||= ====**Characteristics**==== ||
 * ==__**Sponges**__== || ===Bodies full of holes and a skeleton made of spiky fibers. Sponges cannot move so trap animals floating in the water through their "holes".=== ||
 * ===__**Corals,**__===

__**Jellyfish**__
|| ===This group has soft tube-like body with a single opening surrounded by armlike parts called tentacles. The tentacles (sometimes poisoned) are used to catch food.=== ||
 * ==__**Worms**__== || ===Tube shaped animals found in land or water environments. Body shapes describe subgroups suck as flatworm, roundworm, and===

segmented worms.
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 * ==__**Starfish**__==

__**Sea Urchin**__
|| ===Animals with tiny tube feet arranged around a central body part.=== ||
 * ==__**Mollusk**__==

Squid
|| ===Animals with a hard shell, rough tongue, and muscular foot/feet. Octopus and squid have small shells inside their bodies.=== ||
 * ==__**Arthropods**__==

Millipedes
|| ===Animals with jointed legs and hard exoskeleton (no internal bones in their body). Arthropods need to shed their old exoskeleton (molt) in===

Centipedes and Millipedes have have multiple body parts and legs. Centipedes have 175 legs and are carnivores while Millipedes have 240 legs and are herbivores.
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 * [[image:http://www.nicoladuffyphotography.com/images/starfish.jpg width="140" height="122" caption="Starfish"]] || [[image:Blueurchin.jpg width="132" height="132" caption="Sea Urchin"]] || [[image:http://www.robotliving.com/wp-content/uploads/octopus.jpg width="166" height="134" caption="Octopus"]] || [[image:http://kodiak.asap.um.maine.edu/lobster/photoofmonth/leslie%20ricker%20blue%20lobster2.jpg width="200" height="178" caption="Lobster"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2005/1-bee.jpg width="140" height="139" caption="Honey Bee"]] ||  ||   || [[image:http://www.seattlebugsafari.com/Images/African-Millipede-Jason.jpg width="138" height="126" caption="Millipede"]] ||   ||