Metazoa　後生動物亜界（こうせいどうぶつあかい）

■Level: subkingdom 亜界

■Common name: metazoans

■Romanization: kousei doubutsu akai

◆Description: Multicellular animals

For English metazoan terms, see: UCMP, Glossary of Natural History Terms #7.

◇Down:

• (No subkingdom)　
• Porifera (phylum) - sponges

　
• Eumetazoa (subkingdom) 真正後生動物亜界（しんせいこうせいどうぶつあかい） - metazoa with tissues
  • Chordata (phylum) 脊索動物門 - chordates (incl. vertebrates)
  • Arthropoda (phylum) - trilobytes, spiders, insects, lobsters

◇Up: Eukaryota

This entry was created by Benjamin Barrett.

Created 2000-08-10.