Invertebrates thus vary considerably with regard to body plans and life strategies.
At the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, research is carried out on the systematics and biology of invertebrates. The department also maintains collections of a multitude of invertebrates, e.g., sponges, jelly fish, corals, different kinds of worms, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods, crustaceans, seastars and sea urchins. A great part of these are in the storage for alcohol preserved collections .