have different cells carrying out different roles
1. colony
2. multicellular animals
3. comparative anatomy
4. cladistics
5. baraminology
2. multicellular animals
can interbreed
1. species
2. taxon
3. sponges
4. flatworms
5. jellyfish
1. species
upright body form
1. roundworms
2. earthworms
3. spiders
4. polyp
5. starfish
4. polyp
only selected characteristics are used for classification
1. colony
2. multicellular animals
3. comparative anatomy
4. cladistics
5. baraminology
4. cladistics
phylum Porifera
1. species
2. taxon
3. sponges
4. flatworms
5. jellyfish
3. sponges
phylum Echinodermata
1. roundworms
2. earthworms
3. spiders
4. polyp
5. starfish
5. starfish
the study of grouping organisms in their kind of creation
1. colony
2. multicellular animals
3. comparative anatomy
4. cladistics
5. baraminology
5. baraminology
recognized classification group
1. species
2. taxon
3. sponges
4. flatworms
5. jellyfish
2. taxon
phylum Annelida
1. roundworms
2. earthworms
3. spiders
4. polyp
5. starfish
2. earthworms
cells can handle all necessary functions when not assembled together
1. colony
2. multicellular animals
3. comparative anatomy
4. cladistics
5. baraminology
1. colony
phylum Cnidaria
1. species
2. taxon
3. sponges
4. flatworms
5. jellyfish
5. jellyfish
class Arachnida
1. roundworms
2. earthworms
3. spiders
4. polyp
5. starfish
3. spiders
traditionally used almost exclusively in classifying organisms
1. colony
2. multicellular animals
3. comparative anatomy
4. cladistics
5. baraminology
3. comparative anatomy
phylum Platyhelminthes
1. species
2. taxon
3. sponges
4. flatworms
5. jellyfish
4. flatworms
phylum Nematoda
1. roundworms
2. earthworms
3. spiders
4. polyp
5. starfish
1. roundworms