Overview of Kingdom Animalia

Invertebrate Animals

INVERTEBRATE PHYLUM	EXAMPLES	MAIN CHARACTERISTICS	SYMMETRY	REPRODUCTION (Sexual or Asexual)
PORIFERA	Sponge	Marine Absorb nutrients and oxygen directly from water Pores	-	Both
CNIDARIA OR COELENTERATA	Jellyfish, coral, hydra, sea anemone	Marine Hollow body Stinging cells on tentacles	Radial	Both
PLATYHELMINTHES	Flatworms - Tapeworm, liver fluke, planarian	Most are parasitic Planarians are free-living	Bilateral	Both
NEMATODA	Roundworms - Hookworm, threadworm	Unsegmented elongated soft body	Bilateral	Sexual
NEMERTEA	Ribbon worms or Proboscis worms	Marine Extendable proboscis to catch prey	Bilateral	Sexual
BRYOZOA	Moss animals	Marine Sessile (fixed to rocks) Resembles seaweed	Bilateral	Some asexual, some sexual
MOLLUSCA	Slug, snail, clam, oyster, octopus, squid	Soft body Muscular 'foot' Tongue-like radula	Bilateral	Sexual
ANNELIDA	Segmented worms - Earthworm, leech	Segmented elongated soft body More complex than other worms because of extra internal protective cavity called a coelem	Bilateral	Sexual
ARTHROPODA	Crustaceans - Crab, prawn, barnacle, slater, water flea Myriapods - Centipede, millipede Arachnids - Spider, scorpion, tick, mite Insects - Bee, fly, dragonfly, moth, grasshopper, cockroach	All Arthropods Exoskeleton Segmented body Jointed legs, some modified for swimming or feeding Crustaceans Aquatic Gills Myriapods 1 or 2 pairs of legs per body segment Arachnids 4 pairs of legs No antennae Insects 3 pairs of legs Antennae	Bilateral	Sexual
ECHINODERMATA	Starfish, sea cucumber, sea urchin, sand dollar	Marine 'Spiny' skin Internal structure of calcium carbonate	Radial	Both

Vertebrate Animals in Phylum Chordata

VERTEBRATE CLASS	FISH	CLASS AMPHIBIA	CLASS REPTILIA	CLASS AVES (BIRDS)	CLASS MAMMALIA
EXAMPLES	Jawless Fish - Lamprey Cartilaginous Fish - Shark, ray, lungfish Bony Fish - Trout, barramundi	Frog, toad, salamander, newt	Snake, lizard, crocodile, turtle	Eagle, emu, penguin	Monotremes - platypus, echidna Marsupials - koala, kangaroo, wombat, bandicoot Placentals - human, dog, whale, dolphin
BODY TEMPERATURE	Changing	Changing	Changing	Constant	Constant
BODY COVERING	Scales	Moist skin	Scales	Feathers	Hair or fur
BREATHING ORGANS	Gills	Early stage as tadpole - gills Adult stage - lungs and moist skin	Lungs	Lungs	Lungs
SYMMETRY	Bilateral	Bilateral	Bilateral	Bilateral	Bilateral
REPRODUCTION	Sexual Most lay eggs	Sexual Lay eggs	Sexual Most lay eggs	Sexual Lay eggs	Sexual Mammary glands