Animalia
Animalia
Kingdom Information::
Animalia, the animal kingdom, is a very diverse group of organisms. With all this diversity, what is it that sets them apart from other groups, and yet have so much in common? The following are the main qualifications.
1) they are multicellular.
2) most include a spherical embryonic stage called a blastula.
3) they all, at some lifestage, ingest their food for internal digestion. Their food mostly consists of other organisms.
4) they all need oxygen.
5) almost all are able to move about during some stage of their life.
Kingdom Common Name:
Animal
Domain:
Eucarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Animalia in the Park are made up of 14 major taxa called phyla. The following are the phyla that have been found in the Smokies.
| Phylum | Common Name | Photo Example | ATBI | Where? |
| Annelida | Segmented worms: including earthworms, aquatic oligochaete worms, crayfish worms, and leeches | (NA) | (NA) | Here |
| Arthropoda | Insects, spiders, millipedes, crustaceans, etc. |
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(NA) | Here |
| Bryozoa | Moss animals |
 |
(NA) | Here |
| Chordata | Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals |
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(NA) | Here |
| Mollusca | Clams, snails and slugs |
 |
(NA) | Here |
| Nematoda | Round worms | (NA) | (NA) | Here |
| Nematomorpha | Horsehair worms | (NA) | (NA) | Here |
| Nemertea | Ribbon or proboscis worms | (NA) | (NA) | Here |
| Platyhelminthes | Flatworms |
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(NA) | Here |
| Rotifera | Wheel animals or rotifers | (NA) | (NA) | Here |
| Tardigrada | Water bears |
 |
2000-2008 | Here |
