1. The Animal Kingdom
PBS.org Shape of Life

2. Kingdom Animalia Two main groups
Invertebrates – no backbone (spine)
Vertebrates – backbone (spine)
Did you know: ~95% of all animal species are classified as INVERTEBRATES!!!
Can you list the general characteristics?

3. General Characteristics:
Eukaryotic, Multicellular Heterotrophs
Most capable of locomotion
No cell wall
Most have nervous and muscle tissue
Store their excess carbohydrates as glycogen
What does Mr. Anderson think

4. Invertebrates
Biology 11

5. Phylum Porifera: sea sponges

6. Phylum Cnidaria
Stinging celled
animals
cnidocytes

7. Phylum Platyhelminthes
Flatworms
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8. Phylum Mollusca
Soft bodied animals

9. Phylum Echinodermata
Spiny-skinned animals

10. Phylum Arthropoda
Jointed limb animals
chitinous exoskeleton.

11. Phylum Annelida
Level of organization - They exhibit organ- system level of body organization and bilateral symmetry.
Circulatory system is closed.
Reproduction is sexual.

12. Phylum Nematodes
Round Worms

13. Phylum Chordata All Vertebrates belong to Phylum Chordata
General characteristics: (at some point in their life)
Have a notochord
Hollow dorsal nerve tube
Tail
Muscular tube called a pharynx
Pharynx has slits at some point

14. Vertebrates Sub-phylum Vertebrata Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds
Mammals