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Invertebrates

LC control no.sh 85067691
LC classificationQL360 QL599.82 Zoology
Topical headingInvertebrates
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Variant(s)Invertebrata
See alsoAnimals
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Found inHenderson's dict. of biol. terms, 1979 (Invertebrata, invertebrates: a general term for all animal groups except the vertebrates, i.e. all animals without a backbone)
Britannica micro. (invertebrate: any animal that lacks a vertebral column. The taxonomic term Invertebrata, formerly used in contrast to Vertebrata (still a valid subphylum name), has no validity in modern classifications.)