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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Classification of invertebrates [[note]] [[http://oxford.university.museum/thezone/fossils/inverts/index.htm source]] [[/note]]]]
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4	This index is for insects, arachnids, worms, sponges and every other type of creature without a backbone. See Website/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrate for more information]] on this category of animal.
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6	Arachnid tropes go under ArachnidTropes, insect tropes go under InsectIndex, and mollusk tropes go under MolluskTropes (with cephalopod tropes going under CephalopodIndex).
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8	[[index]]
9	!!Tropes:
10	[floatboxright:
11	'''Categories:'''
12	+ ArachnidTropes
13	+ InsectIndex
14	+ MolluskTropes
15	++ CephalopodIndex
16	]
17	* AntlionMonster: A monster that hunts by waiting for its prey at the bottom of a pit.
18	* ArtisticLicenseArachnids: Inaccurate and badly researched portrayals of arachnids.
19	* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: Inaccurate and badly researched portrayals of crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, cnidarians, and other marine invertebrates.
20	* AtrociousArthropods: Arthropods are depicted as evil or dangerous.
21	* BigCreepyCrawlies: Arthropods of unnaturally large size.
22	* BugCatching: Catching arthropods for fun and profit.
23	* BugsHeraldEvil: The presence of arthropods as a signal that something worse is coming.
24	* BugWar: A war against insect-like creatures from outer space.
25	* BugWorks: An index of works about insects and other invertebrates such as arachnids (e.g. spiders), myriapods (e.g. centipedes), gastropods (e.g. snails), etc.
26	* CartoonBugSprayer: A type of bug-sprayer with a push-handle and a cylindrical tank mounted crosswise to its nozzle.
27	* CreepyCentipedes: Centipedes portrayed as frightening and unnerving monsters.
28	* ElectricJellyfish: Jellyfish that shock people with electricity instead of being venomous.
29	* FourLeggedInsect: An arthropod portrayed with fewer legs than it should have.
30	* FriendToBugs: A character who genuinely loves creepy-crawlies.
31	* GiantEnemyCrab: Outsized, dangerous crabs.
32	* HiveCasteSystem: Arthropods or arthropod-like creatures living in a rigidly ordered caste system with ranks based on innate biology.
33	* TheInfested: A character is filled with vermin, usually bugs.
34	* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: Fall in suspicious water, emerge covered in leeches.
35	* LiteralBookworm: Either actual worms or wormy bugs that eat books, read books, or read books by eating them.
36	* PennyPinchingCrab: Crabs portrayed as stingy, greedy and money-obsessed.
37	* PitifulWorms: Insulting a person by comparing them to worms or other puny little critters.
38	* RedLiveLobster: Uncooked lobsters and other crustaceans, especially in animation, depicted as red-colored.
39	* SandWorm: Enormous, wormlike beasts that tunnel unseen underground to attack prey walking above.
40	* SeaHurtchin: Sea urchins’ spines hurt.
41	* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: Inaccurate and badly researched portrayals of insects.
42	* SuperPoweredShrimp: A creature based on a shrimp, typically one of the more eccentric species enhanced in some way according to the media it appears in.
43	* WormInAnApple: Worms are strongly associated with apples, usually as a sight gag.
44	* TheWormThatWalks: Creatures that are actually masses of smaller things, usually invertebrates, moving as a single entity.
45	[[/index]]

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