The Animal Kingdom

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Most complex of all kingdoms

Multicellular (made of many cells)

They obtain food from OUTSIDE SOURCES
They move from place to place to get food
They swallow their food and they digest food
inside the body.

The Animal KingdomREVIEW

1)INVERTEBRATE- An animal that does not
have a backbone

2) VERTEBRATE- An animal that has a

backbone

9 Phyla of the Animal kingdom

1)Porifera

6) Mollusca

2)Coelenterata

7) Echinoderm

3)Flatworms

8) Arthropoda

4)Roundworms
5)Segmented worms

9) Chordata

The Animal Kingdom Contd

Porifera:
Means having pores
Ex: sponges

The Animal Kingdom

Coelentrata:
Sac-like body
Have tentacles
Ex: hydras, jelly fish, coral, sea anemones

3 Phyla of Worms:
Flatworms
Roundworms
Segmented worms

Molluska:
Hard shell surrounding soft body parts
Live in water & damp places
Examples:
Snail, & Sea Scallop
Only a few do not have shells:
Octopus & Sea slug

Echinoderms:
Means spiny-skin
Star shaped
Spiny
Ex:
Starfish & Sea Urchin

Arthropoda:
Makes up 75% of the animal kingdom
Basic Characteristics:
hard external skeleton
segmented body
jointed legs
Ex: beetle, milli & centipede, spider, crab

Chordata:
Vertebrates
Have internal skeleton
Vertebral column
Limbs
Ex: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals