UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF KINGDOM ANIMALIA


  • Eukaryotes
  • Multicellular organisms
  • Heterotrophic
  • Store excess carbohydrate as glycogen
  • Have differentiated tissue for response to stimuli and locomotion
  • Reproduce sexually (most)
  • Dominant stage in life cycle is diploid

These are the view of the classification of Kingdom Animalia of 
9 Phyla:




PHYLUM PORIFERA






Unique Characteristics:



  • Body has an endoskeleton made up of spicules
  • sexual and asexual reproduction
  • Hermophrodite (can produce both eggs and sperm)


  • flow off water through the sponge allow for feeding ,waste removal and intake of oxygen.
  • water movement:
          -water enter (Ostium)
          -water exit  (Osculum)
  • Ameboid Cells- capture food from collar cells and supplies it through the sponge.
  • Collar cells- consist flagella to trap food. 





Scientific Name: Leucosolenia sp
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Domain: Eukarya


PHYLUM CNIDARIA




Unique Characteristics:








Polyp form:

-tubular body shape
-mouth and tentacles directed upward
-small amount of mesoglea
-sessile

Medusa form:

-bell-shaped body
-mouth and tentacles directed downward
-large amount of mesoglea
-motile
    Life cycle of Obelia sp.


Divided into three class:



1)Class Hydrozoa (hydra, Obelia sp.)

2)Class Scyphozoa (jellyfish, Aurelia sp.)

3)Class Anthozoa (sea anemone, Actinia sp.)




Scientific name: Obelia sp.
Class: Hydrozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya





Scientific name: Aurelia sp.
Class: Scphozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria

Kingdom: Animalia

Domain: Eukarya
Scientific name: Actinia sp.
Class: Anthozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Kingdom: Animalia

Domain: Eukarya

PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES





Unique Characteristics:









Classification of Platyhelminthes



-Class Cestoda (tapeworm, Taenia sp.)

-Class Trematoda (liver fluke, Fasciola sp.)
-Class Turbellaria (planaria, Dugesia sp.)
 



Scientific Name: Taenia sp.
Class: Cestoda
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya





Scientific Name: Fasciola sp.
Class: Trematoda
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya








Scientific Name: Dugesia sp.
Class: Turbellaria
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya




PHYLUM NEMATODA





UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS:






Scientific name : Ascaris lumbricoides
Common name : Round worm
Phylum : Nematoda
Kingdom : Animalia



 FACTS ABOUT roundworm ( Ascaris lumbricoides)

1) Did you know that roundworms can range up to 20 inchs long ?
2) Did you know that roundworms can cause the 2nd leading blindness ?
3) Did you know that you can get stomach pains from nematodes laying eggs  in the stomach ?
4) Did you also know that roundworms can be found in faeces ?
5) And lastly, did you know that roundworms can live almost anywhere but 50% can live in oceans ?



Male and Female of Ascaris lumbricosoides






PHYLUM ANNELIDA





UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS:



  



3 CLASSES OF PHYLUM ANNELIDA

-Class Oligochaeta ( earthworm:Pheretima sp.)
-Class Polychaeta ( sandworm : Nereis sp. )
-Class Hirudinea ( leech : Hirudo sp.)




Scientific Name: Pheretima sp.
Class: Oligochaeta
Phylum: Annelida
Kingdom: Animalia





Scientific Name: Nereis sp.
Class: Polychaeta
Phylum: Annelida
Kingdom: Animalia






Scientific Name: Hirudo sp.
Class: Hirudinea
Phylum: Annelida
Kingdom: Animalia
ROLES OF ANNELIDA

(1) Soil aeration
     -burrowing activity
     -permits greater penetration of air into the soil
     -improves the drainage capacity of the soil
     -suitable for growing crop

(2) Medical use
 -leeches used to suck blood out of patients
 -release anti-coagulant(heparin) to prevent blood clotting





PHYLUM ARTHROPODA




Unique Characteristics :








Classes in Phylum Arthropoda:

-Class: Chilopoda (centipede, Scolopendra sp.)
-Class: Arachnida (Spider, Nephila sp.)
-Class: Merostomata (Horseshoe crab, Tachypleus sp.)
-Class: Insecta (Grasshopper, Valanga sp.)
-Class: Crustacea (Giant Freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium sp.)
-Class: Diplopoda (Milipede, Julus sp.)









Scientific Name: Scolopendra sp.
Class: Chilopoda
Phylum: Arthropoda

Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name: Centipede






Scientific Name: Nephila sp.
Class: Arachnida
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name: Spider







Scientific Name: Tachypleus sp.
Class: Merostomata
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name: Horseshoe crab







Scientific Name: Valanga sp.
Class: Insecta
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name: Grasshopper







Scientific Name: Macrobrachium sp.
Class: Crustacea
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name: Giant Freshwater prawn







Scientific Name: Julus sp.
Class: Diplopoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name: Millipede





 FACTS:


  • Unlike vertebrates, arthropods don't have internal skeletons, but external skeletons. Exoskeletons composed largely of the protein chitin (pronounced KIE-tin). Chitin is tough, but not quite tough enough to hold its own in a millions-year-long evolutionary arms race.

  • At least once during their lifetimes, all arthropods have to undergo "ecdysis," the moulting of their shells to allow for change or growth. Usually, with only minimal effort, any given arthropod can shed its shell in a matter of minutes, and a new exoskeleton usually begins to form within a couple of hours.







PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA




Unique Characteristics:




-Water vascular system is a network of hidraulic canals branching into extensions called tube feet.
-Tube feet that functions for locomotion,feeding and gas exchange.
-Slow moving or sessile.
-Simple nervous system without brain


Classification of Echinodermata:
  -Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumber, Holothuria sp.)
  -Class Echinoidea (sea urchin, Diadema sp.)
 -Class Asteroidea (starfish, Asterias sp.)




Scientific name: Holothuria sp.
Class: Holothuroidea
Phylum: Echinodermata
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya





Scientific name: Diadema sp.
Class: Echinoidea
Phylum: Echinodermata
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya






Scientific name: Asterias sp.
Class: Asteroidea
Phylum: Echinodermata
Kingdom: Animalia
Domain: Eukarya

FACTS OF ECHINODERMATA


  • Echinoderms All Feature Radial Symmetry.
  • An Echinoderm Can Regenerate Its Body Parts.
  • Echinoderms Don’t Have Blood.
  • Some Echinoderms Feed By Ejecting Their Stomachs.
  • Echinoderms Have No Eyes.


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