Animalia Classification
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Animalia classification. The animalia kingdom consists of various multicellular eukaryotic animals. Mammals are found in the class dubbed mammalia amphibians in the class amphibia reptiles found in the class reptilia and birds found in the class aves. The kingdom is usually broken down into four different classes. Classes are rarely used when classifying plants as most plants are classified with orders and informal clades.
Pictures 33 class aplacophora. In general classes are somewhat malleable with no exact agreement upon what counts as a class. What is the basis of classification. There are a few important characteristics that are regular to different organisms.
Animal kingdom classification is an important system for understanding how all living organisms are related. It is one of the kingdoms among the five kingdom scheme of classification by whittaker. Though all members of animalia are multicellular all of them do not exhibit the same pattern of organisation of cells. Maps 42 related taxa.
Some division of labour activities occur among the cells. However for well known groups of animals there is usually a consensus. This system of animal kingdom classification was developed by swedish botanist carolus carl linnaeus in the 1700 s. Unspecified annelida segmented worms.