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  1. Animalia | Encyclopedia.com

    May 18, 2018 · Animalia The kingdom Animalia, or Metazoa, includes all animals. Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms, which are heterotrophic, meaning they obtain nutrition from …

  2. Animal - Encyclopedia.com

    May 9, 2018 · Animal Animals are creatures in the kingdom Animalia, one of the five major divisions of organisms (the others are: Monera or bacteria , Fungi , Protists or protozoans, and Plantae or …

  3. Metazoa | Encyclopedia.com

    May 8, 2018 · Metazoa (mĕt´əzō´ə), subkingdom of the animal kingdom comprising the multicellular animals in the traditional two-kingdom system of taxonomic classification, in which living organisms …

  4. Porifera - Encyclopedia.com

    May 23, 2018 · Porifera (Spongiaria, sponges) A phylum of aquatic Animalia, most of which are marine. They lack definite tissues and organs, but have a filter-feeding system composed of flagellate cells, …

  5. Crustacean | Encyclopedia.com

    May 14, 2018 · A crustacean is a member of the phylum Arthropoda, the largest and most successful phylum in the kingdom Animalia. It is also a member of the class Crustacea which is one of the three …

  6. Cnidaria - Encyclopedia.com

    Cnidaria Cnidaria is one of the more primitive animal phyla. It includes aquatic organisms such as jellyfish, sea anemones, corals, and hydras. Most cnidarians are marine, although a few, such as the …

  7. Wildlife - Encyclopedia.com

    Animalia (Finland) Animal Alliance of Canada Animal Friends Croatia Animal Protection Institute (API) (USA) Animal Rights Sweden Asociacion Nacional Para la Defensa de los Animales (ANDA, Spain) …

  8. Locomotion - Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 27, 2018 · Locomotion Locomotion is the active movement from one place to another. It does not include passive movements such as falling or drifting in currents of air or water. Many bacteria and …

  9. Algae - Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 11, 2018 · Algae Algae (singular: alga) are plants or plantlike organisms that contain chlorophyll (pronounced KLOR-uh-fill) and other pigments (coloring matter) that trap light from the Sun [1]. This …

  10. Protista - Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 27, 2018 · Other eukaryotic kingdoms — the Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia — are each believed to be monophyletic . That is, all plants evolved from one ancestral plant, all animals from one ancestral …