Animalia

Common name

Animals, critters

Synonyms

Metazoa

Mode of nutrition

Heterotrophic: ingestive, saprophytic or parasitic

Habitat

Terrestrial, aquatic, or within host organism

Growth habit

Multicellular

Cell wall

None

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

One whiplash, many cilia, or none

Food storage

Glycogen, lipid

Clonal reproduction

Vegetative or zoospores

Sexual reproduction

Diploid-dominant

Recognized by

Looking in a mirror

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