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2 Kingdom Animalia
2 Kingdom Animalia
PHYLUM COELENTERATA
Eukaryotic and multicellualar is an obsolete term encompassing the
They have no cell walls animal phyla Cnidaria (coral animals, true jellies, sea
All are heterotrophic anemones, sea pens, and their allies) and Ctenophora
Most reproduce sexually and few asexually. (comb jellies).
Most show locomotion
A. INVERTEBRATES
PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
very commonly known as flatworms or tapeworms, these
animals are soft-bodied invertebrate animals.
PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
Mollusca is the second largest phylum of invertebrate
animals.
The members are known as molluscs or mollusks
PHYLUM PORIFERA
comprises the sponges.
Sponges are simple invertebrate animals that live in
Most vertebrates possess guts with a non-terminal anus.
PHYLUM ANNELIDA
The annelids, also known as the ringed worms or
segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000
extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and
PHYLUM CHORDATA
leeches.
A chordate is an animal constituting the phylum Chordata.
During some period of their life cycle, chordates possess a
notochord, a dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an
endostyle, and a post-anal tail: these five anatomical
features define this phylum.
CLASSES OF CHORDATA
PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA
Echinoderm is the common name given to any member
of the phylum Echinodermata of marine animals.
AGNATHA
Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum
Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both
present and extinct species.
PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an
exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed
appendages
VERTEBRATES
CHONDRICHTHYES
is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are
jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a
heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of
cartilage rather than bone.
AVES
are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by
feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled
eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a
OSTEICHTHYES strong yet lightweight skeleton.
popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse
taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily
composed of bone tissue, as opposed to cartilage
MAMMALIA
Mammals are vertebrate animals constituting the class
Mammalia, and characterized by the presence of
mammary glands which in females produce milk for
feeding their young, a neocortex, fur or hair, and three
middle ear bones.
AMPHIBIA
refers to "double life", or life in water and on land.
Includes the salamanders, frogs, toads,
and caecilians with approximately 3,900 spp.
Characterized by: Being tetrapods (4 limbs) that
facilitate moving about on land - these limbs evolved
from the pectoral and pelvic fins.