THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

CHARACTERISTICS MULTICELLULAR HETEROTROPHIC EUKARYOTIC SEXUAL REPRODUCTION MOTILE 9 PHYLA SYMMETRY: BODY ARRANGEMENT

PORIFERA SPONGES “PORE-BEARING” NON-MOTILE AQUATIC (mainly seawater) HOLLOW BODIES: called a COELOM ASYMMETRICAL FILTER FEEDERS

CNIDARIA JELLYFISH, SEA ANEMONES, CORALS STINGING CELLS (NEMATOCYSTS) TENTACLES MARINE HOLLOW BODIES RADIAL SYMMETRY

PLATYHELMINTHES FLATWORMS: Planarian, Fluke, Tapeworms FLAT BODIES- NO BODY CAVITY (ACOELOM) BILATERAL SYMMETRY AQUATIC SOME PARASITIC

NEMATODA ROUNDWORMS: Ascaris, hookworms, heartwoms ROUND, HOLLOW BODIES (Psuedocoelom) BILATERAL SYMMETRY ALL PARASITIC

ANNELIDA SEGMENTED WORMS: earthworms, leeches, marine worms SEGMENTED BODIES TRUE BODY CAVITY (coelom)WITH ORGANS BILATERAL SYMMETRY

MOLLUSCA SNAILS, CLAMS, OYSTERS, OCTOPUS, SQUID 2nd LARGEST PHYLUM SOFT BODIES MANTLE: COVERING BILATERAL SYMMETRY RADULA: tongue-like scraping structure

ARTHROPODA SPIDERS, CRABS, SHRIMP, LOBSTERS, BARNACLES, INSECTS LARGEST PHYLUM SEGEMENTED BODIES JOINTED APPENDAGES EXOSKELETONS

INSECTS 3 BODY SEGMENTS 3 PAIR OF LEGS VARIED FEEDING BEHAVIORS VARIED DEFENSE MECHANISMS USE PHEROMONES FOR COMMUNICATION

METAMORPHOSIS CHANGE FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER COMPLETE: egg, larvae, pupa, adult INCOMPLETE: egg, larvae, adult

ECHINODERMS SEA STARS, SAND DOLLARS, SEA URCHINS ‘SPINY SKIN’ RADIAL SYMMETRY WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM MARINE CAN REGENERATE

CHORDATA ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES NERVE CORD NOTOCHORD GILL SLITS POST ANAL TAIL 7 CLASSES

AGNATHA LAMPREY EEL & HAGFISH JAWLESS FISH NO PAIRED FINS RETAIN NOTOCHORD THROUGHOUT LIFE

CHONDRICTHYES SHARKS, SKATES, RAYS CARTILAGE FISH SKELETONS MADE OF CARTILAGE PREDATORS MARINE

OSTEICHTHYES BONY FISH TROUT, ANCHOVIES, SEA HORSES, BASS, FLOUNDER, ETC BONY SKELETONS PAIRED FINS SALT & FRESH WATER

AMPHIBIA FROGS, SALAMANDERS “DOUBLE LIFE” Live part of life in water (tadpole) & part on land SLIMY SKIN (Respire through skin)

REPTILES SNAKES, LIZARDS, TURTLES, CROC’S SCALY SKIN ECTOTHERMIC LIFE ADAPTED TO LAND…AMNIOTIC EGG

AVES BIRDS FEATHERS HOLLOW BONES ENDOTHERMIC NO TEETH BEAKS AND FEET ADAPTED TO FEEDING BEHAVIOR AMNIOTIC EGG

MAMMALIA ENDOTHERMIC HAVE HAIR HAVE TEETH (most) PRODUCE MILK NURSE YOUNG OIL GLANDS called SEBACEOUS GLANDS

MONOTREMES EGG-LAYERS DUCK-BILL PLATYPUS & SPINY ANTEATER

MARSUPIALS YOUNG BORN UNDERDEVELOPED COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT IN POUCH KANGAROOS, OPPOSUM, KOALAS

PLACENTAL ALL OTHER MAMMALS YOUNG BORN FULLY DEVELOPED AND NURSE FROM MOTHER

Can you name the animal phyla or class?

AVES

OSTEICHTHYES

MOLLUSCA

MAMMALIA

NEMATODA

MAMMALIA

ARTHROPODA/INSECTA