1. Multicellular animals can be classified based on their level of organization, symmetry, presence of body cavities, digestive system structure, and segmentation. 2. Key characteristics include whether they have tissues, bilateral or radial symmetry, acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, or eucoelomate body plans, and incomplete or complete digestive tracts. 3. The animal kingdom is divided into several phyla including porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes, nematoda, mollusca, annelida, arthropoda, and chordata based on these structural features.