Marine invertebrates

Marine invertebrates are all those organisms that lack a true internal osseous skeleton. Besides the millions of microscopic organisms that are present in the water and that go under the general name of zooplankton, there are other groups of marine animals that belong to the invertebrates: corals (stone and soft), sponges, mollusks (snails, conches, octopi and squid), echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and feather stars), polychetes (sea worms), crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, lobsters, etc.), and many others.
The Museum's mollusk collection has nearly 400 species, most of which are from Venezuelan waters, although there are also specimens from other American countries (Chile, Brazil, Argentina, United States and Central America), Europe, Africa and the Indian-Pacific Ocean. Also on show, although fewer in number, are other groups of invertebrates such as the crustaceans, particularly shrimp, lobsters and crabs, as well as the echinoderms (sea urchins, sea dollars, and starfish).

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