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Naturalist Rudy Mancke tells us about the moon snail.
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Animals that are invertebrate do not have a backbone. According to Britannica.com, "more than 90 percent of all living animal species are invertebrates."
Insects are also included under this classification.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke removes the spins of the sea urchin and explains what a test is.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke shows the different parts of the horseshoe crab.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke tells us about the lettered olive shell.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke explains what a fossilized bivalve is and how it came to be.
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Naturalist Rudy Mancke explains the process of the horseshoe crab shedding its skin.
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• Mellita quinquiesperforata • Flat version of sea urchin • Fused skeletal plate forms rigid exoskeleton (test) • Lives in shallow water, using sand as protection • Male and female cannot be...
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• Mesomphix vulgatis • Terrestrial species • Lives coiled in a shell • Thin skin • Oozes along with prominent muscular foot • Feeds with radula • Operculum seals its shell • Stalked eyes and antennae
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The moon jelly is an invertebrate because it does not possess a backbone. These animals are often referred to as jellyfish, but they are not fish. They are found in all of the oceans except the Arctic...