kingdom animalia

• Kingdom Animalia


  • Invertebrates
  • Vertebrates
• Invertebrates


  • Phylum Porifera (sponges)
  • Phylum Cnidaria (have tentacles with stinging cells, e.g. corals, jellyfish, sea anemone)
  • Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms, lacking respiratory/circulatory systems, oxygen passes through by diffusion, e.g. liver fluke, planaria)
  • Phylum Nematoda (Roundworms, e.g. ascaris)
  • Phylum Annelida (Segmented Worms, e.g. earthworm, leech)
  • Phylum Mollusca (Invertebrates with soft unsegmented bodies, e.g. snail, squid, clam)
  • Phylum Echinodermata (e.g. starfish, sea urchin)
  • Phylum Arthropoda (jointed legs, biggest group of invertebrates, have exoskeleton and segmented bodies, e.g. insects, arachnids, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes)
• Arthropoda Classes


  • Insects (6 legs)
  • Arachnida (8 legs, e.g. spiders, ticks)
  • Crustacea (10 or more legs, e.g. crab, lobster, shrimp)
  • Diplopoda (Millipedes, 2 pairs of legs per segment)
  • Chlopoda (Centipedes, 1 pair of legs per segment)
• Vertebrates


  • Cold-blooded (poikilothermic/ectothermic, rely on environment for body heat)
  • Warm-blooded (homeothermic/endothermic, can maintain constantly high body temperature)
• Cold-blooded Vertebrates


  • Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish, e.g. sharks and rays)
  • Class Osteichthyes (Bony Fish)
  • Class Amphibia (have moist skin, lung breathing adult stage)
  • Class Reptilia (have scales, lung-breathing)
• Warm-blooded Vertebrates


  • Class Aves (Birds, have feathers)
  • Class Mammalia (have hair, mammary glands)
• Ocean Life Forms


  • Benthos (organisms on the seabed, e.g. starfish, corals, crab)
  • Nekton (organisms that swim, e.g. fish, squid, shrimp)
  • Plankton (organisms that float or drift on the water surface, e.g. algae, bacteria, larvae of sea urchin, starfish, fish, crustaceans)
• Kingdom Animalia


  • Invertebrates - no backbone
  • Vertebrates with backbones
• Invertebrate Phyla


  • Porifera (sponges)
  • Cnidaria (corals, jellyfish, sea anemone)
  • Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
  • Nematoda (Roundworms)
  • Annelida (Segmented Worms)
  • Mollusca
  • Echinodermata
  • Arthropoda
• Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)


  • Lacking in any respiratory or circulatory systems, oxygen pass through their bodies instead in a process known as diffusion
• Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)


  • liver fluke, planaria
• Phylum Nematoda (Roundworms)


  • ascaris
• Phylum Mollusca


  • snail, squid, clam
• Phylum Echinodermata


  • starfish, sea urchin
• Phylum Arthropoda


  • jointed legs; biggest urchin, invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton and segmented bodies
• Classes within Phylum Arthropoda


  • Insecta (6 legs)
  • Arachnida (8 legs; spiders, ticks)
  • Crustacea (10 or more legs; crab, lobster, shrimp)
  • Diplopoda (Millipedes; 2 pairs of legs per segment)
  • Chilopoda (Centipedes; 1 pair of legs per segment)
• Cold-blooded vertebrates


  poikilothermic/ectothermic (rely on environment for body heat)
• Classes of Cold-blooded vertebrates

  • Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish - sharks and rays)
  • Osteichthyes (Bony fish - all fish except cartilaginous fish)
  • Amphibia (have moist skin, lung breathing adult stage)
  • Reptilia (have scales, lung-breathing)
• Warm-blooded vertebrates


  homeothermic/endothermic (can maintain a constantly high body temperature)
• Class Aves (birds)


  • Have feathers
• Class Mammalia


  • Have hair, mammary glands
• Ocean life forms


  • Benthos
  • Nekton
  • Plankton
• Benthos


  Organisms on the seabed; e.g. starfish, corals, crab
• Nekton


  Organisms that swim; e.g. fish, squid, shrimp
• Plankton


  Organisms that float or drift on the water surface, such as algae, bacteria, and sea urchin, starfish, fish, and crustacean larvae
• Warm-blooded vertebrates


  Class aves (birds)- have feathers

  Class Mammalia - have hair, mammary glands