WAYNE FERNANDES

CHARACTERISTICS OF

AN ANIMAL

EUKARYOTE

- Organism with membrane -bound nucleus

MULTICELLULAR

- Organism composed of many cells

CHARACTERISTICS OF

AN ANIMAL

HETEROTROPH

- Organism that can’t make their own food

- Absence of chloroplast

- No cell wall

MAJOR GROUPS OF

ANIMALS

Vertebrates

- Animals with backbones

Invertebrates

- Animals w/out backbones

CLASSIFICATION• PORIFERA

(PORE-BEARING ANIMALS)

• CNIDARIA

(STINGING ANIMALS)

• PLATYHELMINTHES

(FLATWORMS)

• NEMATODA

(ROUND WORMS)

• ANNELIDA

(SEGMENTED WORMS)

CLASSIFICATION• MOLLUSKA

(SOFT-BODIED ANIMALS)

• ECHINODERMATA

(SPINY SKIN ANIMALS)

• ARTHROPODA

(JOINTED LEG ANIMALS)

• CHORDATA

(with NOTOCHORD)

CHARACTERISTICS OF

PORIFERS Have pores

Have skeleton of silicon or

calcium containing spicules

Have body cavity

Have osculum, large opening

at the top of the sponge body

Glass

sponge

Cloud

sponges

Basket

spongesVase

sponge

Yellow tube

sponge

Tube

sponge

Basket

sponge

Tube

sponge

PHYLUM PORIFERA

CHARACTERISTICS OF

CNIDARIANS

Are hollow-bodied

animals

Have nematocysts,

specialized stinging cells

Have tentacles

hydra

Jelly

fish

corals

corals

Jelly

fish

Portuguese

man of war

Lizard island coral

PHYLUM CNIDARIA

CHARACTERISTICS OF

FLATWORMS

Are long ribbon-shaped

worms

Are free living while others

are parasitic

Live in freshwater or sea

water

flukes

planaria

tapeworm

PHYLUM

PLATYHELMINTHES

CHARACTERISTICS OF

NEMATODES

Are long, slender,

smooth-bodied worms

Have mouth and anus

Live in soil and some

are parasitic

PHYLUM NEMATODA

hookworm

pinworms

ascaris

CHARACTERISTICS OF

ANNELIDS

Have segmented

bodies

Most are burrowers in

the sand

Some are

hermaphrodite

PHYLUM ANNELIDA

earthworm

leech

Marine annelid

CHARACTERISTICS OF

MOLLUSKS

Are soft-bodied animals

Have protective shells

Have a mantle which

secretes the shells

PHYLUM MOLLUSKA

snails

squid

oysters octopus

slugs

cuttlefish

CHARACTERISTICS OF

ECHINODERMS Have hard bodies covered

with spines

Have no head nor tails and

have no left nor right

Have mouth and anus at its

top and bottom ends

PHYLUM

ECHINODERMATA

Star fish

Sea

cucumberSea urchin

Sea urchinSea star

Sea urchin

CHARACTERISTICS OF

ARTHROPODS

Have jointed legs

Have exoskeleton

Have segmented

bodies with 2 or 3

regions

Most have antennae

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

Centipede-

class Chilopoda

Crabs-

class Crustacea

Millipede-

class Diplopoda

Scorpion-

class Arachnida

Spider

grasshopper

Class Insecta

CHARACTERISTICS OF

CHORDATES

Have a notochord at

certain stage of their

life cycle

Have gill slits and a

tail at a stage in their

development

PHYLUM CHORDATA

crocodile

Class Agnatha Class Chondrichthyes

raysharks

Class Reptilia

Sea horse milkfish

Class Osteichthyes

snakes

Lamprey

PHYLUM CHORDATA

Tomato frog toad

kangaroo

Class Amphibia

dolphin lionPregnant

woman

Class Aves

Class Mammalia

parrot

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