THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMALS:

1. MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS
2. CAPABILITY OF LOCOMOTION
3. MUST INJEST FOOD
NINE ANIMAL PHYLA

INVERTEBRATES:

(8 PHYLA)

ALL LACK INTERNAL SKELETON, SOME HAVE

EXOSKELTON OR SHELL

VERTEBRATES (CORDATES): (1 phylum)

INTERNAL SKELTON MADE OF BONE/ CARTILAGE

1. PORIFERA:
SIMPLEST ANIMALS
NO TISSUE LAYERS

EXAMPLES: SPONGES

2. CNIDARIA
HOLLOW BODY
HAVE STINGING CELLS
TWO BODY FORMS
MEDUSA & POLYP
EXAMPLES:
CORAL, JELLYFISH,
SEA

3. PLATYHELMINTHES:

EXAMPLES:
PLANARIA, FLUKE, TAPEWORM

UNSEGMENTED WORMS
FLAT WORMS

4. NEMATODA
UNSEGMENTED WORMS
ROUND WORMS

EXAMPLES: HOOKWORMS,
HEARTWORMS

5. ANNELIDA
SEGMENTED WORMS
MOST ADVANCED WORMS

EXAMPLES:
LEECH, EARTHWORMS

6. ARTHROPODA
SEGMENTED ANIMALS
EXOSKELETONS MADE OF CHITIN
CLASS CRUSTACEAN - MARINE
ORGANISMS
EXAMPLES:
SHRIMP,
LOBSTER,
CRAB,
BARNACLE

7. MOLLUSCA
SOME HAVE SHELL
UNSEGMENTED, SOFT BODIES

EXAMPLES:

SNAIL, SCALLOP

8. ECHINODERMATA
HAVE A DERMAL SKELETON WITH
SPINES & PLATES
ONLY LIVE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT
EXAMPLES: SEA URCHIN,

SEASTAR, BRITTLE STAR

9. CHORDATA
EXAMPLES:
FISH, REPTILES,
BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS,
MAMMALS
HAVE INTERNAL SKELETON
BACKBONE TO PROTECT
SPINAL CORD