Kingdom Animalia Notes
All animals are multicellular, eukaryotic and heterotrophic.
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is asymmetrical
2. Body plan has no distinct tissues
3. Adults are sessile
4. Get food by filter-feeding
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is radially symmetrical
2. Have two different body plans: Medusa and Polyp
3. Have special stinging cells called cnidocytes
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is radially symmetrical
2. Move by using cilia
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is bilaterally symmetrical
2. Body plan is always flat
3. Are called the flatworms
4. Bodies are unsegmented
5. Many are parasites
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is bilaterally symmetrical
2. Are called the roundworms
3. Bodies are unsegmented
4. Most are parasitic
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is usually asymmetrical
2. Have a two part body plan called the head-foot and the visceral mass
3. Three important classes: Class Cephalopoda (squids, octopuses, etc.)
Class Bivalvia (clams, oysters, etc.)
Class Gastropoda (snails, slugs, etc.)
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is bilaterally symmetrical
2. Are called the segmented worms
3. More details to follow on this group
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is bilaterally symmetrical
2. Have segmented bodies
3. Have jointed appendages
4. Have an exoskeleton (made of chiton)
5. Have compound eyes
6. 3 Important Sub-groups: Class Arachnida (spiders, ticks, etc.)
Subphylum Crustacea (crabs, lobsters, shrimp, etc.)
Class Insecta (all insects- 3 part body plan with head,
thorax and abdomen, 3 pairs of legs, usually 2 pairs of wings-More details to follow on this group)
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is radially symmetrical
2. Have a 5 part body plan
3. Most have tube feet and a water-vascular system
4. Have “spiny skin”
*Phylum ______
-Example-______
-Important Facts-
1. Body is bilaterally symmetrical
2. Includes all vertebrates (organisms with backbones)
3. Important Sub-Groups:
a. Class Agnatha (jawless fish like lamprey)
b. Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish like sharks)
c. Class Osteichthyes (boney fish like bass, flounder)
d. Class Amphibia (amphibians like frogs, toads, salamanders-More
details to follow on this group)
- Class Reptilia (reptiles like snakes, turtles, lizards, etc.)
- Class Aves (birds like robins, cardinals, penguins, ostriches, etc.)
- Class Mammalia (mammals like humans, dogs, rabbits, dolphins, etc.
More details to follow on this group)