Invertebrate
Invertebrates are animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord. It is a paraphyletic grouping including all animals excluding the chordate subphylum Vertebrata, i.e. vertebrates.
Extends: Invertebrates, Zoology, [Paraphyletic groups](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Paraphyletic groups), [Obsolete animal taxa](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Obsolete animal taxa)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Invertebrates |
| [Fossil Range](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Fossil Range) | Text | Cryogenian, Present |
| Image | Text | Invertebrate montage (2022).jpg |
| [Image Upright](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image Upright) | Text | 1.2 |
| [Image Alt](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image Alt) | Text | Diversity of various invertebrates from different phyla (including a invertebrate of the phylum Chordata) |
| [Image Caption](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Image Caption) | Text | Chrysaora fuscescens, Cnidaria, Fromia indica, Echinodermata, Caribbean reef squid, Mollusca, Drosophila melanogaster, Arthropoda, Aplysina lacunosa, Porifera, Pseudobiceros hancockanus, Platyhelmi... |
| Auto | Text | yes |
| [Display Parents](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Display Parents) | Text | 0 |
| Parent | Text | Animalia |
| Includes | Text | *All animal groups not in subphylum Vertebrata |
| Excludes | Text | Vertebrata |