KINGDOM ANIMALIA

Living thing in biology field consist of five kingdom. One of them is kingdom animalia.
The word 'animal' is derived from the Latin word animalis which means 'having breath'. The
Kingdom Animalia is characterized by eukaryotic and heterotrophic organisms. They are
multicellular and lack cell wall. They depend directly or indirectly of plants for their food. Food
is ingested and digested in their internal cavity and food reserves are stored as glycogen or fat.
Nutrition is holozoic, i.e., by ingestion of food. Animals follow a definite growth pattern, the
adults have a definite shape and size. Higher forms of animals exhibit well developed sensory
and neuromotor mechanism. Most of the organisms are capable of locomotion. Reproduction is
by copulation of male and female which is followed by development in embryonic stages.

Kingdom animalia is organism that has characteritics eucaryot and multicelluler. Beside
this animal doesnt have chlorophyll and cell wall. Animalia is divided into invertebrate and
vertebrate. The invertebrate is the animal that doesnt have spine. The vertebrate is animal that
has spine. The division of this animal group is based on the existence of notocord and the spine.
Invertebrates are the most diverse organisms present on earth. Almost 95% of the animal
populations are of the invertebrates. Based on the International Union regarding Conservation of
Nature at the time of 2009 more than 1.3 million invertebrates were identified. Invertebrates
make up around 75% of the recognized species on Planet. The actual number of invertebrates is
unknown, there are several predictions that there may be tens of millions of invertebrates,
majority being the insects. New species of invertebrates are being discovered regularly, another
worrying fact is that there is insufficient information about these organisms, the invertebrates
might be going extinct and the scientists would never know that they even existed. The examples
of invertebrate animals are porifera and cnidaria, and these species of animals can be found in
the ocean.

Vertebrates are animals with an internal backbone or spinal column. There are over
85,000 species of vertebrate animals such as amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles. Most
large land animals are vertebrates. Even large sea animals, such as the whale, are vertebrates.
However, only about 5% of all animal species are vertebrates. The defining characteristic of all
vertebrates is the vertebral column or backbone. This vertebral column is a strong series of bones
extending through the core of the body. Near the front end of the backbone is the mouth, with the
anus opening near the back end of the backbone. In vertebrates with a tail, the vertebral column
extends beyond the anus to the end of the tail. Above the backbone is the spinal cord, a major
component of the nervous system. Below the backbone is the gastrointestinal or digestive tract.
Does are the general differnces of invertebrate and vertebrate.