Metazoa: Animals Kingdom: Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia Eukaryotic Multicellular Heterotrophic Motile No cell walls Gametic Life Cycle (diploid dominant) Unique development (Embryology)
Symmetry Radial Symmetry Asymetry Bilateral Symmetry
Gut Incomplete – sac body plan Complete – tube-within-a-tube body plan
Primary Tissues Endoderm – inner surface tissue lining the gut. Mesoderm – internal tissue sandwiched between exterior & interior. Ectoderm – outer surface tissue.
Body Cavities Acoelomate, Pseudocoelomate, Coelomate
Protostomes vs Deuterostomes
Animal Phylogeny (morphological)
Animal Phylogeny (molecular)
Animal Phyla Protostomes: Porifera Cnidaria Platyhelminthes Nematoda Mollusca Annelida Arthropoda Deuterostomes: Echinodermata Chordata
Porifera Sponges
Cnidaria Jellyfish, Hydras
Platyhelminthes Flatworms
Nematoda Smooth Roundworms
Mollusca Mollusks – snails, slugs, clams, octopi
Annelida Segmented Roundworms
Arthropoda Insects, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, ticks, crustaceans, crabs, lobsters, shrimp, scorpions.
Echinodermata Starfish, Sea Urchins
Chordata Eels, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals…humans