Following is a list of fictional
invertebrate
Invertebrates are animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''spine'' or ''backbone''), which evolved from the notochord. It is a paraphyletic grouping including all animals excluding the chordata, chordate s ...
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Arthropods
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List of fictional arthropods
This list of fictional arthropods is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. It is restricted to notable insect, arachnid and crustacean characters from the world of fiction.
Literature
Comics
Legends
Media Film
Television
Anima ...
(insects, arachnids and crustaceans)
Echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.)
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Patrick Star
Patrick Star is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke and was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He first ...
, a starfish from the animated series ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...
''
Mollusks
Cephalopods (octopuses, squids)
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Squiddly Diddly
Squiddly Diddly is an American fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic squid created by Hanna-Barbera for his own cartoon segment on ''The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'' in 1965.
Fictional character biography
The round-headed, sailor-hatted ...
, an animated squid from ''
The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
''The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'' is an hour-long Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1965 to 1967 for NBC.
In 1965, the show aired as two independent half-hour programs. ''The Atom Ant Show'' featured the tin ...
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Squidward Tentacles
Squidward Quincy Tentacles (, ) is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants.'' Created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, he is voiced by actor Rodger Bumpass. ...
, an octopus from the animated series ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...
''
Snails and slugs
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Gary the Snail
The characters in the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' were created by artist, animator, and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg. The series chronicles the adventures of the title character and his various ...
, a
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
from ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...
''
* Marcel, title character in ''
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On''
* Nana Connie, Marcel's Italian grandmother
* Peek a Boo, a snail from ''
Suzy's Zoo
Suzy Spafford, also known as Suzy Spafford Lidstrom (born 1945), is an American cartoonist best known for drawing whimsical animal characters. Her "Suzy's Zoo" line of greeting cards, stickers, stationery, calendars, and similar products is sold ...
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Sid the Slug
Sid the Slug is an advertising character created by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom in 2004 as the mascot of the "Salt - Watch it" campaign to warn the public of the risks of excessive Edible salt, salt consumption.
The mult ...
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Others
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SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...
, a
sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...
in ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...
''
Parasites
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List of fictional parasites
This list encompasses fictional characters and species who are parasites or parasitoids.
Film
* Xenomorph ('' Alien'') - The primary antagonists of the ''Alien'' franchise. Xenomorphs reproduce by infesting the bodies of others and assume some ...
Worms
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List of fictional worms
The list of fictional worms is categorized by media. The word " worm" includes earthworms, and mythological and fantastic creatures descending from the Old English word "wyrm", a poetic term for a legless serpent or dragon (particularly in Germ ...
References
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