invertebrate
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In the second major Ocean Species Discoveries collection, more than 20 researchers collaborated to describe 14 new marine invertebrate species and two new genera from across the globe.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
"It clogs up all that invertebrate life on the bed of the river and it means the fish are not getting the food they require."
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
So the question of cyborg ethics is currently a question of the ethics of creating cyborgs from invertebrate animals.
From Salon • May 13, 2025
This summer, Austin Hendy, an assistant curator at the Natural History Museum who specializes in invertebrate paleontology, spent hours sifting and sorting through thousands of fossilized shells found in the shell bed.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
The invertebrate eye was invented into an optical instrument at the MBL, opening the way to modern visual physiology.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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