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The animal kingdom is divided mainly in two groups: unicellular i.e. one cell, and multicellular i.e. organism made of more than one cell. Cells make up all living things. A cell can be either a prokaryote which means that its organelles are not embedded in a membrane, and eukaryote which can be either multicelluar and unicellar and each organelle is bound by a membrane.
The Kingdom Annimalia consist of multicellular
organisms which are unable to produce their own food i.e. they are heterotrophs.
One of the largest phyla is Arthropoda which has class Myriapoda. class
Crustacea, class Arachnida and class Insecta.
Above: Red Admiral (Farfett tal-Hurrieq)
Vanessa atalanta