This document discusses the main types of invertebrate animals, which are animals without a spinal column. It outlines five major types: sponges, which have soft bodies and filter feeding holes; cnidarians like jellyfish, which have soft, umbrella-shaped bodies and stinging tentacles; worms, which have long, soft segmented bodies that can live on land or in water; molluscs like clams and snails, which have a hard shell; and arthropods like insects and crustaceans, which have an exoskeleton made of plates or spines.