characteristics of animal kingdom
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1. multicellular
2. heterotroph
3. cells lack cell walls
4. have nerves, muscles, capacity to move at some point during life cycle
5. ability to reproduce sexually
6. specialized sensory structures/nervous system
7. cells exist in extensive extracellular matrix
8. unique cell junctions
main morphological/developmental features for classification
para
along side
zoa
animals
what 2 subkingdoms are kingdom Animalia split in to?
metazoa
tissue of all animals
what is metazoa divided into
parazoa
no specialized tissues or organs
- porifera - sponges, bearing pores
eumetazoa
more than one type of tissue and organs
meta
after or along with, change
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true
what is subkingdom eumetazoa divided into
symmetry of eumetazoa
what do bilateral animals have
cephalization
concentration of sensory and feeding organs around brain/head
3 germ layers of bilateral animals
eco-, meso- endoderm
what do radial animals have
oral and aboral sides
2 germ layers of radial animals
ecto-, endoderm
lateral
side to side
cephal
head
ab
away
germ
give rise
different axes of body (think fish)
are bilateria triploblastic or diploblastic
triploblastic - 3 germ layers