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Invertebrates

Invertebrates are animals that lack a vertebral column, or backbone, and they constitute the overwhelming majority of described animal species. The group spans an enormous range of body plans and lineages, including sponges, cnidarians such as corals, jellyfish, and hydrozoans, mollusks, annelids, echinoderms, and t…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 6× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2643-0282 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Invertebrates are animals that lack a vertebral column, or backbone, and they constitute the overwhelming majority of described animal species. The group spans an enormous range of body plans and lineages, including sponges, cnidarians such as corals, jellyfish, and hydrozoans, mollusks, annelids, echinoderms, and the highly diverse arthropods, among many others. Lacking an internal bony skeleton, invertebrates rely on alternative support structures such as exoskeletons, hydrostatic skeletons, or shells, and they exhibit wide variation in nervous system organization, reproduction, and development. In marine systems, invertebrates are foundational. Reef-building corals and their symbiotic relationships create habitat structure, while crustaceans, mollusks, and other taxa form critical links in food webs that support fishes, mammals, and seabirds. Invertebrates also contribute to nutrient cycling, sediment processing, and ecosystem engineering. Because many invertebrates are sensitive to environmental change, they serve as indicators of ecosystem condition and are affected by stressors such as pollution, habitat degradation, and underwater noise that can disrupt behavior and physiology. Research on invertebrates encompasses biodiversity and systematics, ecology and trophic interactions, physiology, conservation, and their roles in fisheries and broader marine ecosystem function.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

The Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): A Narrative Review

Rezapour BarataliCorresponding author
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Assistant Professor, PhD in Health education and promotion, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 6 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Invertebrates, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Marine Science Journal (ISSN 2643-0282).

Journal editorial board
Begoña Martínez-Crego · Portugal Timo Arula · Estonia Raffaella Casotti · Italy

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