KingdomAnimalia

Animalia

Animalia• Characteristics

• Multicellular Eukaryotic Heterotrophs

• No cell walls, structurally supported by collagen

• Mostly Sexual reproduction with no A.O.G

Animalia -Cells organized into special tissues; tissues into organs

-Most have Nervous tissue and Muscle tissue are unique (Motitility)

-HOX genes for development

K-Animalia

• ~35 phyla• Classification based on

body plan, development, structural characteristics, or more recently molecular differences.

Phyla

PoriferaCnidaria

CtenophoraPlatyhelmenthes

MolluscaAnnelida

NematodaArthropoda

EchinodermataChordata

Animalia• Body Plans

Animalia• Development• “Blastula”

Animalia• Porifera

Animalia• Cnideria

Animalia• Platyhelmenthes

Animalia• Annelida

Animalia• Mollusca

Animalia• Nematoda

Animalia• Arthropoda

Animalia• Echinodermata

Animalia• Chordata

Animalia

Animalia