Animals

Ainimals Temporal range:Cryogenian– present,665–0Ma Had'n Archean Proterozoic Pha.
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Unikonta
(unranked):	Obazoa
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	Holozoa
(unranked):	Filozoa
Kinrick:	Animalia Linnaeus,1758
Phyla
SubkingdomParazoa Porifera Placozoa SubkingdomEumetazoa Radiata(unranked) Cnidaria Ctenophora Trilobozoa† Bilateria(unranked) Proarticulata† Xenacoelomorpha Mesozoa(unranked) Monoblastozoa Nephrozoa(unranked) SuperphylumDeuterostomia Chordata Echinodermata Hemichordata Vetulicolia† Protostomia(unranked) Chaetognatha(incertae sedis) Orthonectida SuperphylumEcdysozoa Arthropoda Kinorhyncha Loricifera Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Priapulida Tardigrada SuperphylumPlatyzoa Acanthocephala Cycliophora Gastrotricha Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Platyhelminthes Rotifera SuperphylumLophotrochozoa Annelida Sipuncula Mollusca Nemertea Brachiopoda Bryozoa Phoronida Hyolitha† Entoprocta Dicyemida

Ainimalsismulticellular,eukaryoticorganismso thekinrickAnimalia(forby criedMetazoa). Aw ainimals aremotile,meanin thay can muiv spontaneously an independently, at some pynt in thair lifes. Thairbody planhidnerly becomes fixed as thaydevelop,tho some unnergang a process ometamorphosislater on in thairlifes.Aw ainimals isheterotrophs:thay maun ingest ither organisms or thair products forsustenance.

Maist kent ainimalphylaappeared in the fossil record as marine species in theCambrian explosion,aboot 542 million year syne. Ainimals is dealt intae sindry sub-groups, some o whilk is:vertebrates(birds,mammals,amphibians,reptiles,fish);molluscs(clams,eysters,octopuses,ink-fish,snails);arthropods(meggie-mony-feets,jennie-hunder-feets,insects,speeders,scorpions,keavies,lapsters,saund-clapper);annelids(yirdwirms,gells);spoonges;anloch-livers.