1. VERTEBRATES (CORDATES): (1 phylum)
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMALS: 1. 2. 3.
NINE ANIMAL PHYLA
INVERTEBRATES:
VERTEBRATES (CORDATES): (1 phylum)
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS
CAPABILITY OF LOCOMOTION
MUST INJEST FOOD
(8 PHYLA)
ALL LACK INTERNAL SKELETON, SOME HAVE EXOSKELTON OR SHELL
INTERNAL SKELTON MADE OF BONE/ CARTILAGE

2. 1. PORIFERA:
SIMPLEST ANIMALS
NO TISSUE LAYERS
EXAMPLES: SPONGES

3. 2. CNIDARIA HOLLOW BODY HAVE STINGING CELLS
TWO BODY FORMS MEDUSA & POLYP
EXAMPLES: CORAL, JELLYFISH, SEA ANEMONE

4. 3. PLATYHELMINTHES: UNSEGMENTED WORMS FLAT WORMS
EXAMPLES: PLANARIA, FLUKE, TAPEWORM
UNSEGMENTED WORMS
FLAT WORMS

5. 4. NEMATODA UNSEGMENTED WORMS ROUND WORMS
EXAMPLES: HOOKWORMS, HEARTWORMS

6. 5. ANNELIDA SEGMENTED WORMS MOST ADVANCED WORMS
EXAMPLES: LEECH, EARTHWORMS

7. 6. ARTHROPODA SEGMENTED ANIMALS EXOSKELETONS MADE OF CHITIN
CLASS CRUSTACEAN - MARINE ORGANISMS
EXAMPLES: SHRIMP, LOBSTER, CRAB, BARNACLE

8. 7. MOLLUSCA SOME HAVE SHELL UNSEGMENTED, SOFT BODIES
EXAMPLES: SNAIL, SCALLOP

9. 8. ECHINODERMATA HAVE A DERMAL SKELETON WITH SPINES & PLATES
ONLY LIVE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT
EXAMPLES: SEA URCHIN,
SEASTAR, BRITTLE STAR

10. 9. CHORDATA EXAMPLES: FISH, REPTILES, BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, MAMMALS
HAVE INTERNAL SKELETON
BACKBONE TO PROTECT SPINAL CORD