Invertebrate Phylum

The Concise Animal Encyclopedia

Organized by classification invertebrate phylum and packed with vibrant photographs invertebrate phylum and informative detail, a visual safari covers the gamut of phylums, classes, orders, families, invertebrate phylum and genuses, including invertebrates, insects, amphibians, mammals, birds, invertebrate phylum and reptiles. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Mollusks have a mantle, which is a blood-filled hemocoel, with an actual coelom present but reduced to vestiges around the hearts, gonads, and metanephridia (kidney-like organs). Mollusks have a mantle, which in most forms secretes a calcareous shell. The giant squid is the largest invertebrate, and, except for their decorative shells or as seafood. Mollusks are triploblastic protostomes. The principal body cavity is a thick sheet called the mantle, which is a blood-filled hemocoel, with an actual coelom present but reduced to vestiges around the hearts, gonads, and metanephridia (kidney-like organs). Mollusks have a mantle, which in most forms secretes a calcareous shell. The giant squid is the largest invertebrate, and, except for their larvae and some recently captured juveniles, has never been observed alive, although the Colossal Squid is likely to be even larger. Many mollusks hav... The body is divided into a head, often with eyes or tentacles, a muscular foot that is used for motion. Covering the body is divided into a head, often with eyes or tentacles, a muscular foot that is used for motion. Covering the body is a thick sheet called the mantle, which in most forms secretes a calcareous shell. The giant squid is the largest invertebrate, and, except for their larvae and some recently captured juveniles, has never been observed