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Some major groups of invertebrates include: poriferans (sponges), cnidarians (jellyfish, corals), worms, insects, arachnids, crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, and many others.

Some invertebrates include:

Invertebrates Wheel Make an invertebrates word wheel using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, eight invertebrate animals appear one at a time: spider, crab, sea anemone, jellyfish, snail, squid, starfish, sponge, centipede, earthworm, beetle, and clam. The student then writes down the word wheel invertebrates.	Ant Ants are social insects.	Ant Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the ant. Answers	Ant Life Cycle Ant larva hatch from tiny eggs, then pupate and metamorphosize into adults.
Arachnids Arachnids have eight jointed legs, an exoskeleton, and a two-part body. Spiders, scorpions, and ticks are arachnids.	Arthropods Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed legs.	Assassin Bug Assassin bugs are insects that eat other insects.	Bee Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive.
Bee Anatomy Printout Label the bee's external anatomy on this printout. Answers	Bee (Simple version) Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive.	Beetle Anatomy Printout Label the beetle's external anatomy on this printout. Answers	Beetles Beetles are the largest group of insects. Some beetles include the ladybug, scarab beetle, firefly, and the goliath beetle.
Bivalves Bivalves are soft-bodied animals that are protected by two hard shells, hinged together.	Black Widow Spider A very poisonous spider with a distinctive red hourglass marking.	Blue Morpho Butterfly A brilliant blue butterfly from rainforests of South and Central America.	Blue Ring Octopus A small but very venomous octopus from warm reefs in Australia and nearby regions.
Brittle Star A bottom-dwelling marine invertebrate with long, spiny arms.	Butterflies and Moths Printouts about these beautiful flying insects.	Butterfly Life Cycle See how a butterfly starts out as an egg, hatches into a caterpillar, becomes a pupa, then emerges as a fully-grown adult.	Butterfly Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a butterfly, with pages on the egg, caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), and adult.
(Painted Lady) Butterfly Life Cycle Book A Printable Activity Book A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).	Centipede Fast-moving venomous predators with many legs.	Cephalopod Cephalopods are fast-swiming mollusks.	Cicada Cicadas are flying insects that emerge periodically and simultaneously.

Cicada Book A short book about the life cycle of the cicada to print (for early readers).	Cicada Sequencing Cards Put the cicada life cycle cards in order, from egg to adult.	Cicada Printout - Simple Version A coloring printout picturing the life cycle of the cicada.	Cicada Label the anatomy and life stages of the Cicada. Answers
Clam Burrowing bivalves with a soft body.	Conch A marine invertebrate with a large, beautiful shell.	Copepod Copepods are tiny crustaceans from fresh and salt water.	Coral Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.
Crab A crab is an animal with a shell. It has eyes on stalks on its head.	Crayfish Freshwater crustaceans with four pairs of walking legs.	Crayfish Diagram: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the crayfish. Answers	Cricket Crickets are jumping insects.
Cricket Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the cricket. Answers	Crustaceans Crustaceans are animals with a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented body.	Cuttlefish Cuttlefish are cephalopods with relatively short legs, a fin along the entire mantle, and an internal cuttlebone.	Darkling Beetle Life Cycle The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor).
Darkling Beetle Life Cycle Label Me! Printout Label the life cycle of the yellow mealworm, from egg to larva to pupa to adult. Or go to the answers.	Dragonfly The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.	Dragonfly (Simple Version) The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen.	Earthworm An earthworm is a little invertebrate animal with a long, soft, segmented body and no legs.
Earthworm Read about the earthworm, then take a quiz on it. Or go to the answers.	Echinoderms Spiny-skinned, bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates with five-fold symmetry.	Fiddler Crab Diagram: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the fiddler crab. Answers	Gastropods Gastropods are a class of mollusk with a single (or absent) shell and a muscular foot.
Giant Squid Giant Squid swim deep in the oceans. They have ten arms and their eyes are the size of basketballs.	Grasshopper Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers.	Harlequin Bug This small agricultural pest is brightly-colored.	Hermit Crab Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection.
Hermit Crab Diagram: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the hermit crab both in its shell and out of it. Answers	Horseshoe Crab The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor.	Insects Insects have a hard exoskeleton, a three-part body, and six legs.	Jellyfish Jellyfish are soft-bodied animals that have stinging tentacles. Or go to an unlabeled version.
Jumping Bean Moth A brown moth that spends its larval stage inside a plant's seed pod.	Krill Small crustaceans that are eaten by many animals, including baleen whales.	Leafcutter Ant Leafcutter ants are fungus farmers - they grow their own food.	Ladybug Tiny flying insects that eat garden pests. Go to a simple version (just the image).
Ladybug Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a ladybug, with pages on the eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug.	Limpet The limpet is a marine invertebrate (a gastropod) with a flattened, cone-shaped shell.	Lobster A hard-shelled marine invertebrate with 10 jointed legs.	Luna Moth A green moth with long hindwing tails and distinctive eyespots.
Man-of-War The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of animals that has very long, stinging tentacles. It lives in warm ocean waters.	Mealworm Life Cycle The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor).	Mealworm Life Cycle Label Me! Printout Label the life cycle of the yellow mealworm, from egg to larva to pupa to adult. Or go to the answers.	Millipede Segmented plant-eaters with many, many legs.
Millipede Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the millipede. Answers	Mollusks Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates. Some mollusks include the octopus, squid, clam, snail, slug, and tusk shells.	Mosquito A small flying insect that is a carrier of disease.	Mosquito Life Cycle Label the mosquito life cycle diagram. Answers
Mosquito Lifecycle Printout A printout on the mosquito's life cycle to read and color.	Octopus Octopuses have eight legs and live on the sea floor. Go to a simple version (just the image).	Octopus Shape Book A short book about the octopus to print, with pages on octopus anatomy, a connect-the-dot activity, a page on the most poisonous octopus, octopus facts, and octopus questions.	Oregon Silverspot Butterfly A brown and orange butterfly that lives in humid coastal salt-spray meadows and fields in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
Oyster The oyster is a bivalve, a soft-bodied marine animal that is protected by two hard shells.	Painted Lady Butterfly A very widespread and common butterfly.	Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle The life cycle of this common butterfly.	Painted Lady Butterfly (Simple version) A very widespread and common butterfly.
Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle Book A Printable Activity Book A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs).	Pill Bug The pill bug (also called the roly-poly bug) is a small isopod that curls into an armored ball when it is threatened.	Plankton Plankton are tiny organisms that float in the seas and other bodies of water.	Pond Skater A bug that walks on water. It is also called the water strider.
Praying Mantid Predatory insects that eat garden pests.	Praying Mantis (Mantid) Label the anatomy of a praying mantis on this printout. Answers	Purple Sea Urchin A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor off the western coast of North America.	Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world. Its wingspan is about 1 foot (30 cm) wide.
Sand Dollar Sand Dollars are echinoderms, disk-shaped spiny-skinned sea bed animals that have 5-part radial symmetry.	Scallop Scallops are bivalves, shelled animals that live on the ocean floor.	Scorpion A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.	Sea Anemone Predatory animals that look like flowers and live on the ocean floor.
Sea Cucumber Sea cucumbers are cylinder-shaped echinoderms.	Sea Star Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.	Sea Urchin A spiny, globular animal that lives on the ocean floor.	Shrimp Shrimp are small, bottom-dwelling crustaceans with a translucent exoskeleton.
Silkworm The silkworm moth is an insect (not a worm) that produces a silken cocoon. This cocoon is harvested to make silk thread.	Slug An invertebrate that lives in moist areas.	Snail A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell.	Snail Unlabeled A soft-bodied animal with a hard, protective shell.
Snail - Label External Anatomy Label the land snail's external anatomy diagram. Answers	Spider Spiders are arachnids; they have eight legs.	Spider Anatomy Label Me! Printout Label the spider's external anatomy diagram. Answers	Spider Printouts Printouts and information on spiders.

Sponge Information Page Read about these primitive animals.	Sponge Coloring/Information Printout A printable coloring/information page about sponges.	Sponge External Anatomy: Label Me! Printout Label the external anatomy of a sponge and the flow of water through it. Answers	Sponge Internal Anatomy: Label Me! Printout Label the cross-section of a sponge and the flow of water through it. Answers
Squid The squid is a fast-swimming invertebrate with ten arms.	Squid Label Me! Printout Label the squid external anatomy diagram. Answers	Starfish Sea stars, another name for starfish, are animals that live on the ocean floor.	Tarantula A tarantula is a large, hairy spider.
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black markings (females are sometimes brown and black).	Trilobite Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods that lived from about 540 to 245 million years ago.	Ulysses Butterfly The Ulysses is a spectacular swallowtail butterfly from Australia.	Uniramians Uniramians are a group that include insects, centipedes, millipedes, and their relatives.
Viceroy Butterfly The Viceroy is an orange and black butterfly from North America.	Vinegarroon A whip scorpion, an arachnid that emits a vinegar-like mist.	Walkingstick The Walkingstick (also called the laboratory stick insect) is a long, slow-moving, plant-eating insect that looks like a twig.	Wasp Wasps are insects with 2 pairs of wings and strong jaws. Many wasps sting.
Water Strider A bug that walks on water.	Whelk Whelks are marine invertebrates with a spiral shell.	Woolly Bear Caterpillar Woolly Bear Caterpillars grow up to be tiger moths.	Worm Worms are little animals with a long, soft body and no legs. Earthworms are worms that benefit the soil.
Yellow Jacket A yellow jacket is a type of social wasp, a flying, stinging insect.	Zebra Longwing Butterfly The Zebra Longwing is a small, black-and-yellow striped butterfly from warm areas.	Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly The Zebra Swallowtail butterfly is a common butterfly with distinctive black and white markings.	Zooplankton Zooplankton are tiny animals that float in the seas and other bodies of water.

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