THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Characteristic of animals

 Multicellular organism
 Capability of locomotion
 heterothrops
Kingdom animalia divided into 2 major group:
1. Invertebrate (lack internal skeleton, some have
exoskeleton or shell) 8 Phylum
2. Vertebrate (internal skeleton made of bone/
cartilage) 1 phylum
 The animal kingdom can be divided
into 9 smaller groups. Each group is called a
phylum.
PHYLUM PORIFERA
Sponges

sessile animals
Simplest animals
 How do
Sponges eat
& breathe?
 PHYLUM CNIDARIA
Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals
 have tentacles with
stinging cells use to
capture prey & defend
selves
 2 body types: polyp
and medusa
 PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
Flatworms

 thin and flat, parasitic

liver fluke

Tapeworm

Fluke Planaria
the hooks and suckers on the head of
this tapeworm.
PHYLUM NEMATODE
Roundworms

• Thin
• cylindrical bodies
• Unsegmented
• body surfaces appear
smooth
Many nematodes are parasites.
 PHYLUM ANNELIDS
Earthworms, sandworms, leeches
 Long, thin, soft bodies
divided into segments
or rings (segmented
body)
PHYLUM ARTHROPODS
Crayfish, lobsters, crabs,
insects, spiders
 Arthropod means
‘jointed legs’
 Arthropods have a
crunchy shell called
an exoskeleton.
4 classes of arthropods:
Myriapods
Crustaceans
Arachnids
insects
 PHYLUM MOLLUSCS
Clams, snails, squid, octopus
Most molluscs have a hard shell covering their
soft bodies.
Clams have a wedge-shaped muscular foot/
Fleshy ‘foot’ used for locomotion.
Molluscs breathe by means of gills.
This octopus does not have a shell
PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA
Starfish, sea urchins
Echinoderms have spiny skin
The bottom of this starfish is covered with
tube feet for locomotion.
 PHYLUM CHORDATA
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
Phylum Chordata can be subdivided
into 5 classes:
PISCES
AMPHIBIA
REPTILIA
AVES
MAMMALIA
Pisces (Fish)
breathe with gills
Fins for locomotion
cold blooded.
Body is covered with scales
eggs laid in water
Amphibia
cold blooded animals
Breath with both lungs and moist skin
Eggs laid in water
Examples : frogs, salamanders
Reptilia
breath with lungs.
cold-blooded animals
bodies are covered with dry
scales.
Soft-shelled eggs laid on land
Ex : Snakes, Turtles, Crocodiles,
Alligators
Aves (Birds)
breathe with lungs.
warm-blooded animals
Body is covered with feathers
Lay eggs with hard shell
forelimbs are modified into wings
Mammalia
breathe with lungs.
warm blooded animals
They have hair
have mammary glands to produce milk.
Most give birth to live young.
Some examples are bears, lions, tigers
Some unusual examples bats, whales, and
dolphins
Identify the class of vertebrate
below?

Penguin
dugong
Sea Lion
Sea horse
millipede
platypus
hummingbird
 Dichotomous key
 a key for the identification of organism using paired statement
 the statement must be opposites

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