Classification
Grouping & Identifying Living Things
HIERARCHY SYSTEM:
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Kingdom Animalia
Invertebrate Vertebrate
Annelid Nematode Arthropod Molluscs
(I- AN- AM)
Birds Fishes Amphibians Reptiles Mammals
(B-FARM)
Invertebrate characteristics feature:
They do not have backbone
Annelid Nematode Arthropod Molluscs
Have long, thin, Have long, thin Name arthropod Crawl on a
soft bodies. like cylindrical means ‘ jointed leg’. single fleshy pad.
Body divided into bodies. Have lots of legs Has a shell
segments or rings. Have bodies and segmented bodies.
with no segments. There are four e.g. snail
e.g. Earthworm e.g. Round worm subgroups of arthropods
called classes:
SUBGROUPS OF ARTHROPOD:
A- MICA
Myriapod Insects Crustacean Arachnid
Have long flat Have three pairs Have five-seven Have four pairs
bodies with many legs of legs pairs of legs of legs.
on each of their many Bodies divided First pair often used Have bodies
body sections. into three sections as pincers divided into two
have one pair of Often have wings Bodies covered in sections
antennae. shell Do not have
e.g. Butterfly Two pairs of antennae or wings.
e.g. Centipede and antennae
Millipede e.g. lobster e.g. spiders, mites
Vertebrate characteristic features:
These animals have backbone