Animals: Tour of 9 Phyla

The video explores the speaker's journey in biology, focusing on animals. It defines animals, highlighting their characteristics such as being multicellular, heterotrophic, and motile. The video explains animal symmetry, cephalization, and development, including triploblastic animals and the concepts of protostomes and deuterostomes. It provides an overview of nine major animal phyla, detailing their unique features and classifications, from porifera to chordata, emphasizing the diversity and complexity of animal life.

Describe the two forms that cnidarians can take.

What are the key features of the phylum Mollusca?

How do arthropods differ from other animal phyla mentioned in the text?

What are the defining characteristics of the phylum Chordata?