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    The document outlines the major animal kingdoms, including characteristics of animals like having cells with nuclei and ingesting food. It describes key phyla like porifera (sponges), cnidaria (jellyfish and coral), platyhelminths (flatworms), nematoda (roundworms), annelida (segmented worms), arthropoda (insects and crustaceans), mollusca (snails and octopuses), echinodermata (sea stars and urchins), and chordata (vertebrates like fish and mammals). Each phylum is defined with examples and whether they have radial or bilateral symmetry.

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    The document outlines the major animal kingdoms, including characteristics of animals like having cells with nuclei and ingesting food. It describes key phyla like porifera (sponges), cnidaria (jellyfish and coral), platyhelminths (flatworms), nematoda (roundworms), annelida (segmented worms), arthropoda (insects and crustaceans), mollusca (snails and octopuses), echinodermata (sea stars and urchins), and chordata (vertebrates like fish and mammals). Each phylum is defined with examples and whether they have radial or bilateral symmetry.

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    THE

    ANIMAL
    KINGDOM

    ANIMAL
    CHARACTERISTICS
    1. animals are multicellular
    2. cells have a nucleus and
    a cell membrane
    3. animals ingest their food

    PORIFERA

    pore bearing
    sponges
    asymmetry

    CNIDARIA

    stinging cells
    coral, jellyfish, sea anemone, hydra

    radial symmetry

    WORM PHYLA
    1. PLATYHELMINTHES
    2. NEMATODA
    3. ANNELIDA

    PLATYHELMINTHES

    flat worms
    planaria, tapeworm, fluke

    bilateral symmetry

    NEMATODA
    round worm
    hookworm, heartworm
    bilateral symmetry

    ANNELIDA
    segmented worms
    clamworm, bloodworm, leech

    bilateral symmetry

    ARTHROPODA
    jointed legs
    lobster, crab, barnacle
    bilateral symmetry

    MOLLUSCA

    snail, octopus, clam


    bilateral symmetry

    ECHINODERMATA

    spiny skin
    sea star, sea urchin, sand dollar

    radial symmetry

    CORDATES

    vertebrates
    fish,birds,mammals,reptiles
    bilateral symmetry

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