Soft bodies have no bones Invertebrates have no back bone You do the math.
Soft-bodied invertebrates are called mollusks, mollusks are snails, snails are mollusks because snail have soft bodies.
Decapods (Lobsters, crabs etc.) are examples of invertebrates that have shells or chitinous bodies that protect their bodies.
Worms are bilaterally-symmetrical invertebrates. They have soft bodies and no legs.
Mollusks are members of this phylum, known for their soft bodies. They include animals like snails, slugs, clams, and squid.
Hermit crabs do not have backbones. They are invertebrates, with hard exoskeletons that protect their bodies. (However, the exoskeleton does not cover its soft abdomen.)
Butterflies have an exoskeleton. Ergo they're a hard invertebrate.
No they are not invertebrates because their skeleton is on the inside of their bodies unlike spiders or sow bugs which have skeletons on the outside of their bodies, and worms which have no skeleton at all.
Most invertebrates do not fossilize because of the lack of bones or exoskeleton. Soft tissue rarely fossilizes. B for PLATO users
The term "soft bodies" refer to animals with no skeleton.
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All butterflies are invertebrates. They have exoskeletons, meaning that their physical support structure is on the outside of their bodies instead of on the inside.