Kingdom Archaebacteria
Kingdom Eubacteria
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum coelenterata
Jelly fish
Phylum Annelida
Earthworm
Coral
Phylum mollusca
Phylum anthropoda
Tarantula
Butterfly
Phylum Porifera
Sponge
Live Sponges
Phylum Echinodermata
Sand Dollar
Sea Star
Phylum: Chordata
The entire phylum Chordata is made up of the animals in the subphylum Vertebrata. The two main
hallmarks of this phylum are a skull and a backbone containing vertebrae.
Class Amphibia
Class Aves
Class Osteichthyes
Class Reptilia
Class mammalia
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Kingdom Archaebacteria (1)
Characteristics: Microscopic
one cell (unicellular) organisms.
Found in extreme environments
with no oxygen, such as the hot
springs of Yellowstone National
Park or deep ocean vents
Kingdom Eubacteria (2)
Characteristics: microscopic
single cell organism. Most bacteria
are in
this kingdom.
Examples: yogurt,
streptococci (strep throat)
Kingdom Protista (3)
Characteristics: Most are
unicellular, microscopic, complex
cell organisms. This kingdom
includes all microscopic organisms
that are not bacteria, not
animals, not plants and not fungi
Examples: algae, giant kelp
Kingdom Fungi (4)
Characteristics: Most are
multicellular and complex celled.
Fungi cannot make their own food.
They absorb food from parts of
plants that are decaying in the soil.
Some can be eaten and some are
poisonous.
Examples: mushrooms, mold
(shower curtain, bread), yeast, blue
cheese
Kingdom Plantae (5)
Characteristics: Plants are
multicellular and complex celled.
They
make their own food
(autotrophs) through a process
called photosynthesis. It is the
second largest kingdom with over
250,000 species.
Examples: Mosses, ferns,
fruits and vegetables, flowering
plants, grasses, trees
Kingdom Animalia (6)
Characteristics: All animals
consist of many complex cells. They
are organisms that eat other
organisms (heterotrophs). The
animal kingdom is the largest
kingdom with over one million known
species and
is divided into two
phylums: chordata (vertebrate or
backbone) and invertebrate. 98% of
the animal species are
invertebrates.
Examples: from ant to zebra
Phylum Protozoa (7)
Characteristics: The
smallest of all animals. Most can
only be seen under a microscope.
Single-celled animals that live in
water, they eat tiny algae and
bacteria.
Examples: amoebas,
flagellates
Phylum Coelenterata (Cnidaria) (8)
Characteristics: Radial
symmetry, mouth surrounded by
tentacles with stinging cells;
captures prey with tentacles
Examples: jellies, coral,
sea anemones, hydrozoans
Phylum Annelida (9)
Characteristics: Segmented
bodies, well-developed internal
organs. Tube within a tube
Examples: worms, leeches
Phylum Molusca (10)
Characteristics: soft body
often covered by a hard shell.
Mollusks that live on land move on a
flat sole called a foot. Mollusks
that live in the ocean propel or
move themselves by ejecting water
from their body. Some ocean
mollusks attach themselves to rocks
and can’t move.
Examples: snails, slugs,
octopus, clams, squid, oyster, mussel
Phylum Arthropoda (11)
Characteristics: Over 75% of
the world’s animal species are
arthropods. They have an
exoskeleton (a hard external
skeleton) and joints that help them
move. They molt (shed their
exoskeleton) as they grow.
Examples: insects, crustaceans
(lobsters, crabs), arachnids
(spiders, ticks) centipedes and
millipedes.
Phylum Porifera (12)
Characteristics: Most are
found in the ocean. A hollow tube
with many pores or openings, it
takes in food via water that flows
through its pores.
Examples: Sponges
Phylum Echinodermata (13)
Characteristics: marine
(ocean) animals that have arms or
spines that radiate from the center
of their body. 90% of the ocean
animals on the sea floor are
echinoderms. Spiny skinned
Examples: Sea stars, sea
urchins
Phylum Chordata (Vertebrates)
• Class Mammalia (14)
Characteristics: Most
mammals have hair or fur covering
their bodies. They can regulate
their body temperature. They give
birth to fully formed babies and
produce milk to feed their babies.
Examples: humans, lions,
monkeys, marsupials, rodents,
whales, dolphins, seal
• Class Reptilia (15)
Characteristics: Reptiles have
scales that cover their body. Their
body temperature depends on the
environment.
Examples: Crocodiles,
alligators, snakes, lizards,
• Class Osteichthyes (16)
Characteristics: Bony fish,
cold-blooded, breath through gills,
paired fins, scales, many teeth
Examples: salmon, tuna, trout
• Class Aves (19)
Characteristics: Birds have
wings for flight, feathers, and a
beak instead of teeth. They also
have claws
Examples: ñandú, eagle, hawk,
parrot, seagull
• Class Amphibia (20)
Characteristics: Most
amphibians can walk and swim in
water. Their body temperature
changes with the environment.
They lay their eggs in water
Examples: frogs, toads