This document provides information on the characteristics and classification of different animal kingdoms. It discusses the key characteristics of animals, including being eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms. It then describes the major animal groups of vertebrates and invertebrates. The rest of the document delves into each kingdom - Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminths, Nematoda, Annelida, Molluska, Echinodermata, Arthropoda, and Chordata - providing their defining characteristics and examples of types of animals that belong to each.

1. WAYNE FERNANDES

2. CHARACTERISTICS OF
AN ANIMAL
 EUKARYOTE
- Organism with membrane -
bound nucleus
 MULTICELLULAR
- Organism composed of
many cells

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF
AN ANIMAL
 HETEROTROPH
- Organism that can’t make
their own food
- Absence of chloroplast
- No cell wall

4. MAJOR GROUPS OF
ANIMALS
Vertebrates
- Animals with backbones
 Invertebrates
- Animals w/out
backbones

5. CLASSIFICATION
• PORIFERA
(PORE-BEARING ANIMALS)
• CNIDARIA
(STINGING ANIMALS)
• PLATYHELMINTHES
(FLATWORMS)
• NEMATODA
(ROUND WORMS)
• ANNELIDA
(SEGMENTED WORMS)

6. CLASSIFICATION
• MOLLUSKA
(SOFT-BODIED ANIMALS)
• ECHINODERMATA
(SPINY SKIN ANIMALS)
• ARTHROPODA
(JOINTED LEG ANIMALS)
• CHORDATA
(with NOTOCHORD)

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF
PORIFERS
 Have pores
 Have skeleton of silicon or
calcium containing spicules
 Have body cavity
 Have osculum, large opening
at the top of the sponge body

8. Glass
sponge
Cloud
sponges
Basket
sponges
Vase
sponge
Yellow tube
sponge
Tube
sponge
Basket
sponge
Tube
sponge
PHYLUM PORIFERA

9. CHARACTERISTICS OF
CNIDARIANS
 Are hollow-bodied
animals
 Have nematocysts,
specialized stinging cells
 Have tentacles

10. hydra
Jelly
fish
corals
corals
Jelly
fish
Portuguese
man of war
Lizard island coral
PHYLUM CNIDARIA

11. CHARACTERISTICS OF
FLATWORMS
 Are long ribbon-shaped
worms
 Are free living while others
are parasitic
 Live in freshwater or sea
water

12. flukes
planaria
tapeworm
PLATYHELMINTHES

13. CHARACTERISTICS OF
NEMATODES
 Are long, slender,
smooth-bodied worms
 Have mouth and anus
 Live in soil and some
are parasitic

14. PHYLUM NEMATODA
hookworm
pinworms
ascaris

15. CHARACTERISTICS OF
ANNELIDS
 Have segmented
bodies
 Most are burrowers in
the sand
 Some are

16. PHYLUM ANNELIDA
earthworm
leech
Marine annelid

17. CHARACTERISTICS OF
MOLLUSKS
 Are soft-bodied animals
 Have protective shells
 Have a mantle which
secretes the shells

18. PHYLUM MOLLUSKA
snails
squid
oysters octopus
slugs
cuttlefish

19. CHARACTERISTICS OF
ECHINODERMS
 Have hard bodies covered
with spines
 Have no head nor tails and
have no left nor right
 Have mouth and anus at its
top and bottom ends

20. PHYLUM
ECHINODERMATA
Star fish
Sea
cucumber
Sea urchin
Sea urchinSea star
Sea urchin

21. CHARACTERISTICS OF
ARTHROPODS
 Have jointed legs
 Have exoskeleton
 Have segmented
bodies with 2 or 3
regions

22. PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
Centipede-
class Chilopoda
Crabs-
class Crustacea
Millipede-
class Diplopoda
Scorpion-
class Arachnida
Spider
grasshopper
Class Insecta

23. CHARACTERISTICS OF
CHORDATES
 Have a notochord at
certain stage of their
life cycle
 Have gill slits and a
tail at a stage in their
development

24. PHYLUM CHORDATA
crocodile
Class Agnatha Class Chondrichthyes
raysharks
Class Reptilia
Sea horse milkfish
Class Osteichthyes
snakes
Lamprey

25. PHYLUM CHORDATA
Tomato frog toad
kangaroo
Class Amphibia
dolphin lion
Pregnant
woman
Class Aves
Class Mammalia
parrot

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