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::Sub Kingdom: [[Eumetazoa]] - [[Parazoa]]
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== Introduction ==

== Characteristics ==
Organisms within the kingdom [[Animalia]] have several characteristics that identify them as such.  These characteristics are;
* [[eukaryotic]] - multicellular (some exceptions exit),
* [[heterotrophic]],
* digests prey within an internal chamber (some exceptions exit),
* capable of locomotion, and
* respond to their environment.

== Classification ==
The kingdom [[Animalia]] is divided into two sub-kindoms;
*[[Eumetazoa]] - comprises all the major animal groups with the exceptions of [[sponges]].  Characteristics include true tissues organised into germ layers and an embryo that goes through a [[gastrula]] stage.
*[[Parazoa]] - an ancestral subkingdom of animals, with [[sponges]] the only surviving phylum.  Characteristics include being macroscopic, have differentiated cells and do not have tissues.

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== Resources ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalia Animalia] - Wikipedia

== References ==
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