1) Kingdom Animalia includes multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that are heterotrophs and have a nervous system and locomotion abilities to obtain food.
2) Animals develop from a zygote into a gastrula with three germ layers - ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm - that form the skin/nervous system, digestive tract and muscles/circulatory system, respectively.
3) Invertebrates make up 95% of animal species and include sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, roundworms, mollusks, annelids, echinoderms and arthropods like insects, spiders and crustaceans