Animalia

See also: animalia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin animal (“animal, living creature”).

Proper noun

Animalia

1. All multicellular organisms that have a central nervous system and rely on other organisms for energy
   1. A taxonomic kingdom within the domain Eukaryota.
   2. A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota.

Synonyms

• Metazoa

Hyponyms

• (kingdom): Bilateria (Deuterostomia, Protostomia – infrakingdoms), unnamed subkingdom (Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Placozoa, Porifera – phyla)

Coordinate terms

• (kingdom in Eukaryota): Plantae, Fungi, Protozoa, Chromista

See also

• Coelenterata

References

• Animalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Animalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Animalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Metazoa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Animalia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Animalia at World Register of Marine Species
• Animalia at the Tree of Life Web Project