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Characteristics
• Characteristics
– Heterotrophic
– Multi-cellular
– Motile (at some point in
lifecycle)
– No cell wall
– No chloroplasts
Symmetry
• Asymmetry
• Radial
–Pentaradial
• Bilateral
Kingdoms
• Animalia
• Plantae
• Fungi
• Protista
• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria
Taxonomic Ranking
Kingdom - King
Phylum - Phillip
Class - Came
Order - Over
Family - For
Genus - Good
Species - Stew
Taxonomic Hierarchy
D: Eukarya
K: Animalia
P: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
C: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
O: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
F: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
G: Homo
S: H. sapiens
HUMAN
What animal is this?
K: Animalia
P: Chordata
C: Mammalia
O: Carnivora
F: Canidae
G: Canis
S: C. lupus
Subspecies: C. l. familiaris
Kingdom Animalia
Porifera (sponges)
Cnidaria
(jellies and corals)
Echinodermata
Platyhelminthes
(flatworms)
Nematoda
(roundworms)
Annelida
Mollusca
Arthropoda
Chordata
• Invertebrate
• Vertebrate

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