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Aside from Lamarck's contributions to evolutionary theory, his works on invertebrates represent a great advance over existing classifications; he was the first to separate the Crustacea, and Annelida from the "Insecta." His classification of the mollusks was far in advance of anything proposed previously; Lamarck broke with tradition in removing the tunicates and the barnacles from the . He also anticipated the work of Schleiden & Schwann in cell theory in stating that: . . . no body can have life if its constituent parts are not cellular tissue or are not formed by cellular tissue."

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