Animal Kingdom en
Animal Kingdom en
Animals
Eukaryotes, pluricellulars
Heterotrophs
They move, at least, at some point of
their life cycle
Reprodution: sexual. In some cases,
asexual (annelids, echinoderms..)
Trophic chain: consumers
Phylogenetic tree of the main animal phyla
Chordate
Arthropods Echinoderm
Annelids
Mollusca
Plathelminthe
s Nematodes
Cnidaria
Protostome
Sponges s
Deuterostomes
Fake coelom
Without cavity Coelom
(flat)
With body cavity
Radial
Bilateral
Without With
tissues tissues
Common
ancestor
Radial and Bilateral symmetry
1. Animals without well-differentiated tissues:
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
2. Animals with tissues and radial symmetry:
Phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, anemones, coral, etc.)
Gastrovascula
POLIP r cavity
Tentacles
mouth
ectoderm
endoderm
Gastrovascula mouth
r cavity Tentacles
JELLYFIS
H
3. Animals with tissues and bilateral symmetry:
Planaria Taenia
. Phylum Nematoda (round worms)
Earthworm
Pharynx Stomach Intestine
Bristle worm
Phylum Arthropoda
Insects
They are divided into: Arachnids
- Insects
- Arachnids
- Crustacean
- Myriapoda
Crustacean
Myriapoda
3.5. Phylum Arthropoda
They are the prevailing animals on the planet (~90%).
There are about 1 million of this phylum however it is
estimated to around 9 million
The sucess of arthropods is mainly based on: