The Guardian is hosting its second Invertebrate of the Year competition, inviting readers worldwide to nominate their favourite spineless species. This global competition celebrates the often-overlooked diversity and importance of invertebrates in our ecosystem.
Last year readers chose the common earthworm as the Invertebrate of the year. Which species will you nominate this year?Last year readers chose the common earthworm as the Invertebrate of the year. Which species will you nominate this year?
Invertebrates make up the vast majority of animals on Earth – at last 1.3 million species. They are a wondrously diverse bunch, including insects, arachnids, snails, crustaceans, corals, jellyfish, sponges and echinoderms. You can nominate any of the unheralded invertebrates that make their living alongside you. It is a daunting choice. Although you wouldn’t know it from sapiens’ utterly spine-sided culture, invertebrates are charismatic, ingenious and occupy all kinds of surprising niches and habitats on land and sea.
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