5 Kingdoms of Life
Kingdom Animalia
- Kingdom Animalia is also called as Metazoa
- Does not contain the prokaryotes or the protists
- All members of Animalia are multicellular and heterotrophs (rely directly or indirectly on other organisms for their nourishment)
- Most of the K.Animalia ingest and digest food in their internal cavity
- Animal cells lack the rigid cell walls that characterze plant cells
- Bodies of most animals are made up of cells organized into tissues and each tissue is further organized into specialized organs
- Most Animals are capable of complex and relatively rapid movement compared to plants and other organisms
- Most Animals reproduce sexually
- Most Animals are diploid
- Between 3 to 30 million species of animals inhabit in the Earth, only a rough estimate could be made
- Range in size from microscopic animals such as plankton to massive blue whales.
- Largest subgroup of animals is the insects
- Animals are thought to have evolved from flagellate protozoa and the oldest animal fossils date back 600 million years, to the latter part of precambrian.
- Most major groups of animals evolved during the Cambrian period
- Does not contain the prokaryotes or the protists
- All members of Animalia are multicellular and heterotrophs (rely directly or indirectly on other organisms for their nourishment)
- Most of the K.Animalia ingest and digest food in their internal cavity
- Animal cells lack the rigid cell walls that characterze plant cells
- Bodies of most animals are made up of cells organized into tissues and each tissue is further organized into specialized organs
- Most Animals are capable of complex and relatively rapid movement compared to plants and other organisms
- Most Animals reproduce sexually
- Most Animals are diploid
- Between 3 to 30 million species of animals inhabit in the Earth, only a rough estimate could be made
- Range in size from microscopic animals such as plankton to massive blue whales.
- Largest subgroup of animals is the insects
- Animals are thought to have evolved from flagellate protozoa and the oldest animal fossils date back 600 million years, to the latter part of precambrian.
- Most major groups of animals evolved during the Cambrian period
Phyla of Kingdom Animalia
Example of Kingdom Animalia - Canis lupus familiaris
Domain- Eukarya
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Subphylum-Vertebrata
Class- Mammalia
Order- Carnivora
Family- Canidae
Genus- Canis
Species- Canis lupus
Subspecies- Canis lupus familiaris (Dog)
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Subphylum-Vertebrata
Class- Mammalia
Order- Carnivora
Family- Canidae
Genus- Canis
Species- Canis lupus
Subspecies- Canis lupus familiaris (Dog)
Example of Kingdom Animalia - Felis catus
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Carnivora
Family - Felidae
Genus - Felis
Species - Felis catus (House Cat)
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Carnivora
Family - Felidae
Genus - Felis
Species - Felis catus (House Cat)
Example of Kingdom Animalia - Orcinus orca
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Cetacea
Family - Delphinidae
Genus - Orcinus
Species - Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Cetacea
Family - Delphinidae
Genus - Orcinus
Species - Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
Summary of K.Animalia
Characteristics of Animalia Kingdom:
- Eukaryote
- Multicellular
- Heterotrophic
- Terrestrial and Aquatic
- Sexual ( a few asexual)
- Motile ( a few are nonmotile)
Examples: sponges, jellyfish, mollusks, round worms, flat worms, segmented worms, arthropods, starfish, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
