Animal

Animals
Scientific classification
Domain: Neomura Kingdom: Opisthokonta Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phyla
Calcarea Silicarea Infrakingdom Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Chaetognatha Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Xenoturbellida Vetulicolia † Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Lobopodia † Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Hyolitha † Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa Entoprocta Brachiopoda Mollusca Annelida Echiura

Animals are organisms that are multicellular and feed on other organisms. Most animals can respond to changes in their environment, and many are motile. The animals are descended from choanoflagellates.