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animals without backbones are invertebrates.
octopi and squids have no shells, but are invertebrates because they contain no backbone.
if they had a backbone, they'd be vertebrates.
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Animals with shells on their bodies?
Arthropods are defined to be invertebrates that have an exoskeleton ( an external skeleton).
What are two ways in which animals without backbones differ from one another?
Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. Some of these animals have shells that protect them, such as snails and mollusks. Others have hard exoskeletons, like Anthropos, and others like jelly fish just have tentacles to protect them.
Do invertebrates without bones have something rigid for their muscles to pull against?
Many invertebrates have shells or exoskeletons which can be used to anchor muscles.
What are external invertebrates?
bugs with shells bugs with shells
Why are shells important to some invertebrates groups?
shells are important to some invertebrates groups because for some of them, that's their home
What called some invertebrates have outer body that protects their soft and delicate bodies?
Decapods (Lobsters, crabs etc.) are examples of invertebrates that have shells or chitinous bodies that protect their bodies.
What invertebrates animal without legs and have unsegmented body with one hard shells?
I think you´re looking for molluscs - snails and the like.
Is a barnacle a vertebrates invertebrates?
Barnacles are invertebrates because their shells are outside of their body - they do not have an internal skeleton with a backbone.
Is a giant clam a vertebrates invertebrates?
Mollusks are all invertebrates because they have no internal skeleton with a backbone. Their shells are outside of their body.
What rocks was formed skeleton and shells of sea animals and plats in the ocean?
limestone. A rock made up mainly of the shells or fragments of shells of megascopic (clams, oysters, snails) animals is a coquina. If the rock is composed of the shells (tests) of microscopic plants and animals it may be called chalk. Limestone can be a hardened chemical precipitate of CaCO3 without an organic source, and take many forms: oolite for example.
Are snail vertebrates on invertebrates?
Yes because they do not have a backbone, they have shells, instead.
Animals without backbones whose bodies are soft and often covered by hard shells are?
insect
