An invertebrate is an animal that doesn't have a backbone. The scientific name "Invertebrata" means without vertebrae. Invertebrates include insects, spiders, crustaceans, centipedes, millipedes, worms, snails, jellyfish, slugs, sponges, octopus and more.

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers

• 562 Fossil invertebrates
• 592 general invertebrates
• 593 Marine and seashore invertebrates
• 595 Insects/Spiders/Butterflies

• Wonderful World of Invertebrates Web Quest
• Invertebrate Print-outs
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Invertebrate Tree

Keywords for searching the Catalog/OPAC

• Invertebrates
• the specific name of an invertebrate (spider, worms, snail, etc)

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Last revised: 6/21/11

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