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ANIMAL KINGDOM

The features to classify the animals are:

 Cellular arrangement (cell level or tissue level or organ level or


organ system level)
 Body symmetry (asymmetrical or radial symmetry or bilateral
symmetry)
 Coelom (acoelomates or pseudocoelomates or coelomates)
 Digestive system
 Circulatory system
 Reproductive system

Cellular Arrangement:

Cellular level of organization: cells arranged as loose aggregates

EX: Porifera

Tissue level of organization: cells performing the same function form


tissues

EX: Coelenterates

Organ level of organization: tissues grouped together to form an


organ, which performs particular function

EX: Platyhelminthes

Organ system level of organization: a few organs coordinatively


perform a certain physiological function

EX: Annelids, Arthropods, Molluscs, Echinoderms and Chordates

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