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The kingdom Animalia comprises all the creatures we normally think of as animals but it extends further than this, including worms, insects, crustaceans, molluscs, sponges, jellyfish as well as vertebrates. Some animal-like organisms consisting of a single cell or a few cells are included in the category Protista. The bacteria and the archaea are included in the category Monera. Most of the members of this kingdom are active and able to move around, have a mouth or other opening to ingest food, react to outside stimuli and respire, but they do not photosynthesize like plants do. Modern genetic analysis is showing unexpected relationships between disparate groups and demonstrating that what had been thought to be closely related groups are actually further apart. The Animalia are now thought to be more closely related to the kingdom Fungi than the kingdom Plantae. Subcategories are organized according to the taxon tree: - Phylum -- Class --- Order ---- Family ----- Genus ------ Species Not all taxonomic branches are fully developed.

Subcategories

• Acanthocephala
• Acoelomates
• Annelida
• Arthropoda
• Brachiopoda
• Bryozoa
• Chaetognatha
• Chordata
• Ctenophora
• Echinodermata
• Echiura
• Gastrotricha
• Gnathostomulida
• Hemichordata
• Kinorhyncha
• Lophophorates
• Minor Protostomes
• Mollusca
• Nematoda
• Nematomorpha
• Nemertea
• Onychophora
• Phoronida
• Placozoa
• Platyhelminthes
• Porifera
• Pseudocoelomates
• Radiata
• Rhombozoa
• Rotifera
• Sipuncula
• Tardigrada
• Vertebrates

Resources in This Category

• Animal Diversity Web

  http://animaldiversity.org/
  Online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.

• Animal Photo Archive

  http://animals.timduru.org/
  Photos of animals.

• Animals of Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula

  http://www.nicoyapeninsula.com/wildlife
  Wildlife guide with photographs and descriptions. Animal list in German, English, French and Spanish.

• Animals! The Animal Information Center

  http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/animals1/welcome.html
  A general overview of Kingdom Animalia.

• Bizarre Creatures

  http://www.bizarrecreatures.blogspot.com/
  Blog on strange, unusual or weird animals from around the world.

• Deadly Kingdom

  http://deadlykingdom.blogspot.com/
  Blog by Gordon Grice providing information and commentary on dangerous animals, from worms and insects to reptiles and mammals.

• Digital Morphology

  http://www.digimorph.org/
  A dynamic archive of information on digital morphology and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens. Includes slice-by-slice animations, animated volumetric and 3D surface renderings, introduction, references, links, and archival museum data for each specimen.

• European Marine Life

  http://www.european-marine-life.org/
  Biology of the marine flora and fauna with illustrated descriptions of the main marine species of Western Europe.

• European Register of Marine Species

  http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php
  The ERMS project covers species of the kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Fungi and Protoctista occurring in the marine environment including all the continental shelf seas of Europe.

• ExZOOberance

  http://www.exzooberance.com/
  A virtual zoo with photo galleries, web cams, news, and a zoo and aquarium directory.

• FactZoo

  http://www.factzoo.com/
  Provides photographs and interesting facts about a select number of wildlife species.

• FAUNA Paraguay

  http://www.faunaparaguay.com/
  Includes information and images of Paraguayan wildlife, a free on-line Paraguayan zoology journal, and information about birdwatching and wildlife tours.

• FaunaItalia

  http://faunaitalia.it/
  A complete checklist of the whole Italian fauna, with over 57,400 species.

• Featured Creature

  http://featuredcreature.com/
  Photographic blog of uncommon, bizarre and fascinating creatures.

• Flocker 1.1

  http://www.zoologia.hu/flocker/
  This free software quantifies and compares statistical measures of group size. It differentiates between outsiders' view (group size) versus insiders' view (crowding) measures, controls for the ties among data points in the latter case and handles biased distributions correctly.

• Guide to Marine Life of North Vancouver Island

  http://northislandexplorer.com/marinelifeguide.htm
  Original photographs for identification of the common species of marine creatures found throughout the Pacific Northwest.

• Introduction to the Metazoa

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/phyla.html
  Information on the group's fossil record, life history, ecology, systematics and morphology, covering each group of organisms (each taxon).

• Invertebrate Diaries

  http://invertdiary.ebaker.me.uk/
  Blog focusing on the author's own study of invertebrates and the rearing of many species.

• Invertebrate Images

  http://zoltantakacs.com/zt/pw/in/index.shtml
  Images of invertebrates from the tropical rain forest, deserts and coral reefs.

• Jellies Zone

  http://jellieszone.com/
  Guide to gelatinous zooplankton of the U.S. Pacific Coast, with photos and information on jellyfish (true jellies), comb jellies, gelatinous molluscs, and pelagic tunicates.

• Macaulay Library Catalog

  http://macaulaylibrary.org/
  Collection of animal recordings and associated video.

• Mudfooted

  http://mudfooted.com/
  A blog feauturing the amazing, weird, unusual fascinating animals that inhabit this planet.

• National Geographic Animal Videos

  http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals
  Provides videos of lions, sharks, squid and many other animals. Requires Flash Player.

• OzAnimals.com: Australian Wildlife

  http://www.ozanimals.com/
  Provides photographs and information covering a wide range of Australian wildlife including mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, insects and spiders.

• Puget Sound Marine Monitoring

  http://green2.kingcounty.gov/marine
  Images of marine invertebrates, mammals, fish, birds and algae in the Seattle, Washington area.

• Snakes and Spiders

  http://www.snakesandspiders.com/
  Informational website about snakes and spiders including fact sheets on a number of species, snake bite stories and first aid for snake and spider bites.

• Strange and Special Animals

  http://animaloid.blogspot.com/
  Blog about some unusual animals including pictures and information on some less familiar species.

• Wild Animals Online

  http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/
  Provides information on the different divisions of the animal kingdom and photographs of a selection of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects.

• Worms

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/worm.html
  Article by Wim van Egmond introducing oligochaetes, flatworms and nematodes with several photographs.

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