So specifically, fish as well as aquatic invertebrates.

特别是鱼类和水生无椎动物。”

Vertebrates are animals with backbones and bones inside their bodies. The bones help to support their bodies.

椎动物是身体里边有椎和骨头的动物。这些骨头来帮助支撑他们的身体。

Basically we collect data on fish, invertebrates, coral and coral diseases.

我们会收集有关鱼类、无椎动物、珊瑚和珊瑚疾病的数据。

Then there's the invertebrates that can get even smaller!

还有无椎动物可以变得更小！

And I'm reviewing my knowledge of invertebrate zoology.

我还在回想有关无椎动物学的知识。

Multiple species of coral, multiple species of fish, invertebrates, all living happily together.

多种珊瑚，多种鱼类，无椎动物，都快乐地生活在一起。

But it has a large nervous system in a range comparable to vertebrates.

但是它有庞大的神经系统，范围可以跟椎动物相当。

And he says that the octopus has a nervous system that is comparable to vertebrates.

他还说章鱼拥有能够跟椎动物相当的神经系统。

But, of the vertebrates unpredictable Nature selected only snakes (and one lizard).

然而，在椎动物中，大自然神秘模测地只选择了蛇（还有一种蜥蜴）。

Cephalopods may have evolved complex brains long before our vertebrate relatives.

头足类或许比我们的椎动物近亲更早演化出复杂的脑部。

Unlike most vertebrates, a sea turtle's sex is not determined by sex chromosomes.

与大多数椎动物不同，海龟的性别不是由性染色体决定的。

Which of these sea creatures is the largest invertebrate on Earth?

以下哪种海洋生物是地球上最大的无椎动物？

It's the world's largest invertebrate, which is an animal with no backbone.

它是世界上最大的无椎动物，也就是没有椎的动物。

Galapagos Tortoises live longer than any other animal with a backbone!

科隆群岛陆龟比其他椎动物活得更久！

And that's completely brand new to science in any vertebrate animal.

这对任何椎动物学来说，都是全新的发现。”

Egg-laying vertebrates all have at least one copy of this gene.

卵生动物，椎动物都至少有这个基因的一个副本。

Invertebrates like snapping shrimp, fish and marine mammals all use sound.

诸如虾之类的无椎动物、 鱼类，以及海洋哺乳动物都使用声音。

Well, just in the last century, we have lost 615 species of vertebrate animals.

就在上个世纪，我们已经失去了 615 种椎动物。

Bulkier vertebrates have to have more massive bones.

体积较大的椎动物必须有更大的骨骼。

By human standards, a few vertebrate species have incredible longevity.

按照人类的标准，有一些椎动物的寿命长得令人难以置信。