Definition of animalia Animalia
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| animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals | ||
| kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom | ||
| kingdom a basic group of natural objects | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| chordata, phylum chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord | ||
| arthropod family any of the arthropods | ||
| arthropod genus a genus of arthropods | ||
| arthropoda, phylum arthropoda jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes | ||
| parazoa, subkingdom parazoa multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera | ||
| coelenterate family a family of coelenterates | ||
| coelenterate genus a genus of coelenterates | ||
| metazoa, subkingdom metazoa multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system | ||
| ctenophore family a family of ctenophores | ||
| ctenophore genus a genus of ctenophores | ||
| ctenophora, phylum ctenophora comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata | ||
| worm family a family of worms | ||
| worm genus a genus of worms | ||
| acanthocephala, phylum acanthocephala phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms | ||
| chaetognatha, phylum chaetognatha arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms | ||
| phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes flatworms | ||
| nemertea, nemertina, phylum nemertea, phylum nemertina proboscis worms | ||
| phylum pogonophora, pogonophora beard worms | ||
| phylum rotifera, rotifera a phylum including: rotifers | ||
| aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms | ||
| annelida, phylum annelida segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches | ||
| mollusk family a family of mollusks | ||
| mollusk genus a genus of mollusks | ||
| mollusca, phylum mollusca gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons | ||
| phoronida, phoronidea, phylum phoronida small phylum of wormlike marine animals | ||
| bryozoa, phylum bryozoa, polyzoa marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids | ||
| cycliophora, phylum cycliophora tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta | ||
| brachiopoda, phylum brachiopoda marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks | ||
| phylum sipuncula, sipuncula peanut worms | ||
| echinoderm family a family of echinoderms | ||
| echinoderm genus a genus of echinoderms | ||
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animalia
A group of multicellular organisms whose classification is based on tissues or organ arrangement; heterotrophic; use sexual reproduction in which a fertilized egg develops in stages; vertebrate and invertebrate types. (source:UMLS)
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Animalia is the name of the animal kingdom. It is a kingdom which contains all animals. Animals are living things which do not make use of light to get energy and building materials (like plants do) to grow. They eat plants or other animals. Most higher animals can also move around, which is another difference with plants. Animals are divided into groups as well.
Grouping animals.
When scientists look at animals, they find things that certain animals have in common. They can then group the animals, according to some of these things.
One classification is that some animals have a backbone, and others do not. The animals with a backbone are called vertebrates, those without one are called invertebrates.
Examples of invertebrates are bees, dragonflies, jellyfish, etc.
The problem with this classification though is that most animals are invertebrates. Therefore, other classifications are used more often, today. The vertebrate phylum is more commonly known as chordata. There are many other phylums, and every other one of them contain invertebrates.
