can you please give the proper animal classification flowchart with features
Kingdom Animalia is divided into two major phyla—Phylum Invertebrata and Phylum Vertebrata.
Classification of Phylum Invertebrata
| PHYLUM | CHARACTERISTICS | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Porifera | Simplest multicellular animals with a perforated body. | Sycon , bath |
| Coelenterata | Have a two-layered body wall. | Hydra , jellyfish |
| Platyhelminthes | Small, soft, flattened, unsegmented worms which do not have a body cavity or a coelom. | Liver fluke, tapeworm |
| Annelida | Possess a true body cavity called coelom. | Earthworm, leech |
| Nemathelminthes | The body is long, cylindrical and unsegmented without a body cavity. | Hookworm, Ascaris |
| Arthropoda | Have jointed limbs and an exoskeleton made of chitin. | Crayfish, crab |
| Mollusca | Have a soft, unsegmented body without appendages, with a hard, calcareous shell to protect the soft body. | Snail, slug |
| Echinodermata | The body may be spherical, cylindrical or star-shaped, hard and unsegmented. Possess a spiny exoskeleton. | Starfish, brittle star |
| Urochordata | Triploblastic animals with a coelom which show bilateral symmetry. | Balanoglossus, Amphioxus |
Classification of Phylum Vertebrata
| CLASS | CHARACTERISTICS | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|---|
| Pisces | Organisms belonging to Class Pisces are fish which are cold-blooded or poikilothermic animals. | Shark, dogfish |
| Amphibia | Cold-blooded vertebrate animals which have a body divisible into head and trunk. Neck is absent. | Frog, toad |
| Reptilia | The body is divisible into head, neck, abdomen and tail. | Lizard, snake |
| Aves | All birds belong to Class Aves which are warm blooded or homeothermic animals. | Pigeon, sparrow |
| Mammalia | Warm-blooded animals which give birth directly to their young ones. | Cat, dog |