<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">invertebrates</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31339526</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:31:34</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Invertebrata</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">invertebrate</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Animals without a backbone or spinal column, including all soft-bodied animals without a rigid internal skeleton for the attachment of muscles, but often with a hard outer skeleton, comprising the great majority of all animals (such as insects, mollusks, and crustaceans). Apart from the absence of a vertebral column, invertebrates have little in common. The taxonomic term Invertebrata, formerly used in contrast to Vertebrata (still a valid subphylum name), is not used in modern classifications. ]]></dc:description></metadata>