Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom

taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

• kingdom — one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

• animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• animal order — the order of animals
• Chordata, phylum Chordata — comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
• arthropod family — any of the arthropods
• arthropod genus — a genus of arthropods
• Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda — jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
• Parazoa, subkingdom Parazoa — multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera
• coelenterate family — a family of coelenterates
• coelenterate genus — a genus of coelenterates
• Metazoa, subkingdom Metazoa — multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
• ctenophore family — a family of ctenophores
• ctenophore genus — a genus of ctenophores
• Ctenophora, phylum Ctenophora — comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata
• worm family — a family of worms
• worm genus — a genus of worms
• Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala — phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
• Chaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha — arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms
• Platyhelminthes, phylum Platyhelminthes — flatworms
• Nemertea, phylum Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertina — proboscis worms
• Pogonophora, phylum Pogonophora — beard worms
• Rotifera, phylum Rotifera — a phylum including: rotifers
• Nematoda, phylum Nematoda, Aschelminthes, phylum Aschelminthes — unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
• Annelida, phylum Annelida — segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches
• mollusk family — a family of mollusks
• mollusk genus — a genus of mollusks
• Mollusca, phylum Mollusca — gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
• Phoronida, Phoronidea, phylum Phoronida — small phylum of wormlike marine animals
• Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa — marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
• Cycliophora, phylum Cycliophora — tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta
• Brachiopoda, phylum Brachiopoda — marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks
• Sipuncula, phylum Sipuncula — peanut worms
• echinoderm family — a family of echinoderms
• echinoderm genus — a genus of echinoderms
• Echinodermata, phylum Echinodermata — radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers