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Animalia

Kingdom

The animal kingdom: multicellular eukaryotic organisms that obtain energy by consuming other organisms, lack cell walls, and in nearly every case are capable of at least some form of independent movement during their life cycle. Animalia is organized into roughly three dozen recognized phyla, of which Arthropoda and Chordata between them account for the great majority of described species.

Facts
Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
1,500,000 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Kingdom 1
Scientific Name
Animalia 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Eukarya, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

Long-Form Articles

Parent Taxon Of

Annelida, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Arthropoda, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Bryozoa, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Chordata, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Cnidaria, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Ctenophora, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Echinodermata, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Mollusca, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Nematoda, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Nemertea, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Onychophora, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Platyhelminthes, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Porifera, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Rotifera, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Tardigrada, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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