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Animalia (syn. Metazoa)

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Eumetazoa

Animal. Most known animal phyla appeared in the fossil record as marine species during the Cambrian explosion, about 542 million years ago.

Animal

Animals are divided into various sub-groups, some of which are: vertebrates (birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish); mollusks (clams, oysters, octopuses, squid, snails); arthropods (millipedes, centipedes, insects, spiders, scorpions, crabs, lobsters, shrimp); annelids (earthworms, leeches); sponges; and jellyfish. Etymology.