<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">invertebrates</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>animals by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Invertebrata</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>invertebrate</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>